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CA ACR112
Concurrent Resolution
Status
9/14/2020
Primary Sponsor
Franklin Bigelow
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AI Summary
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Designates a specified portion of State Route 120 in Mono County (from post mile R0.898 to post mile R4.766) as the Chiura Obata Great Nature Memorial Highway
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Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and erect them upon receiving donations from nonstate sources to cover the cost
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Honors Chiura Obata (1885-1975), a Japanese American artist and educator who overcame racial discrimination, survived Japanese American internment during World War II, and became known for his reverence for nature and efforts promoting cultural understanding between the United States and Japan
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Acknowledges Obata's transformative 1927 camping trip to Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which inspired his lifelong artistic focus on "Great Nature" as a spiritual and peaceful force
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Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit copies of the resolution to the Director of Transportation and the author for appropriate distribution
Legislative Description
Chiura Obata Great Nature Memorial Highway.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 37, Statutes of 2020.
9/14/2020