ACR 157: Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway.
- Session Year: 2015-2016
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2016-08-16
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
WHEREAS, Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrants Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi. Zamperinis family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis began his extraordinary life; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini learned to box before he became a runner. His father taught him how to box so he could defend himself against bullies who taunted him because he could not speak English. Pete Zamperini, his older brother, encouraged him to try out for the track team at Torrance High School; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934, earning him the nickname of the Torrance Tornado. His record time of 4 minutes, 21.2 seconds stood for 20 years. His schoolboy exploits on the track team earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials at Randalls Island in New York, Louis Zamperini finished in a dead heat with Don Lash, the world-record holder, which qualified him for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a teenager, alongside such Olympians as Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and Mack Robinson, the older brother of Jackie Robinson; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in 1938, Louis Zamperini set a national collegiate mile record of 4:08.3, which stood for 15 years. He subsequently graduated from the University of Southern California, and not long after that, when World War II broke out, he enlisted in September 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 bomber in the Pacific theater of operations; and
WHEREAS, During a search and rescue mission to save a downed pilot, Louis Zamperinis airplane crashed due to mechanical failure, and he and two other airmen were the only survivors of the 11-man crew on board the airplane. One of the men died after 33 days, and Louis Zamperini and the other airman were stranded on a raft for a total of 47 days before washing ashore on a Pacific island and being taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Japanese; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was tortured for the next two years and was only released and returned to the United States after the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths called the Victory Boys Camp; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini married Cynthia Applewhite in 1946, to whom he remained married until her death in 2001. They had a daughter, Cynthia, and a son, Luke. His marriage became strained because of his nightmares reliving his World War II experiences, and he began drinking heavily, trying to forget his experiences as a POW; and
WHEREAS, In 1949, at the encouragement of his wife, Louis Zamperini reluctantly agreed to attend a Billy Graham crusade. Grahams preaching reminded him of his prayers during his time on the life raft and his imprisonment, and Zamperini recommitted his life to Christ. Following this, he forgave his Japanese tormentors, and his nightmares ceased; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was a defiant, resourceful, and determined man. He became an Olympic athlete and survived a plane crash, being lost at sea, and the worst of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. In 1998, he carried the Olympic torch at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. He also spent the last 65 years of his life sharing his faith and his philosophy of life with as many audiences as would invite him to speak. In his talks, he included the concepts of forgiveness, hardiness, preparation, and a new life in Christ; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was also quick-witted, fun-loving, humble, and extremely caring of other people; and
WHEREAS, On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story (Olympian and World War II POW) has been told in various books, including the 2010 biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand and the December 2014 film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, Luke Zamperini, his daughter, Cynthia Garris, and one grandchild, Clay Zamperini; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
WHEREAS, Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrants Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi. Zamperinis family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis began his extraordinary life; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini learned to box before he became a runner. His father taught him how to box so he could defend himself against bullies who taunted him because he could not speak English. Pete Zamperini, his older brother, encouraged him to try out for the track team at Torrance High School; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934, earning him the nickname of the Torrance Tornado. His record time of 4 minutes, 21.2 seconds stood for 20 years. His schoolboy exploits on the track team earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials at Randalls Island in New York, Louis Zamperini finished in a dead heat with Don Lash, the world-record holder, which qualified him for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a teenager, alongside such Olympians as Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and Mack Robinson, the older brother of Jackie Robinson; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in 1938, Louis Zamperini set a national collegiate mile record of 4:08.3, which stood for 15 years. He subsequently graduated from the University of Southern California, and not long after that, when World War II broke out, he enlisted in September 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 bomber in the Pacific theater of operations; and
WHEREAS, During a search and rescue mission to save a downed pilot, Louis Zamperinis airplane crashed due to mechanical failure, and he and two other airmen were the only survivors of the 11-man crew on board the airplane. One of the men died after 33 days, and Louis Zamperini and the other airman were stranded on a raft for a total of 47 days before washing ashore on a Pacific island and being taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Japanese; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was tortured for the next two years and was only released and returned to the United States after the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths called the Victory Boys Camp; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini married Cynthia Applewhite in 1946, to whom he remained married until her death in 2001. They had a daughter, Cynthia, and a son, Luke. His marriage became strained because of his nightmares reliving his World War II experiences, and he began drinking heavily, trying to forget his experiences as a POW; and
WHEREAS, In 1949, at the encouragement of his wife, Louis Zamperini reluctantly agreed to attend a Billy Graham crusade. Grahams preaching reminded him of his prayers during his time on the life raft and his imprisonment, and Zamperini recommitted his life to Christ. Following this, he forgave his Japanese tormentors, and his nightmares ceased; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was a defiant, resourceful, and determined man. He became an Olympic athlete and survived a plane crash, being lost at sea, and the worst of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. In 1998, he carried the Olympic torch at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. He also spent the last 65 years of his life sharing his faith and his philosophy of life with as many audiences as would invite him to speak. In his talks, he included the concepts of forgiveness, hardiness, preparation, and a new life in Christ; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was also quick-witted, fun-loving, humble, and extremely caring of other people; and
WHEREAS, On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story (Olympian and World War II POW) has been told in various books, including the 2010 biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand and the December 2014 film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, Luke Zamperini, his daughter, Cynthia Garris, and one grandchild, Clay Zamperini; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
WHEREAS, Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrants Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi. Zamperinis family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis began his extraordinary life; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini learned to box before he became a runner. His father taught him how to box so he could defend himself against bullies who taunted him because he could not speak English. Pete Zamperini, his older brother, encouraged him to try out for the track team at Torrance High School; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934, earning him the nickname of the Torrance Tornado. His record time of 4 minutes, 21.2 seconds stood for 20 years. His schoolboy exploits on the track team earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials at Randalls Island in New York, Louis Zamperini finished in a dead heat with Don Lash, the world-record holder, which qualified him for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a teenager, alongside such Olympians as Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and Mack Robinson, the older brother of Jackie Robinson; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in 1938, Louis Zamperini set a national collegiate mile record of 4:08.3, which stood for 15 years. He subsequently graduated from the University of Southern California, and not long after that, when World War II broke out, he enlisted in September 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 bomber in the Pacific theater of operations; and
WHEREAS, During a search and rescue mission to save a downed pilot, Louis Zamperinis airplane crashed due to mechanical failure, and he and two other airmen were the only survivors of the 11-man crew on board the airplane. One of the men died after 33 days, and Louis Zamperini and the other airman were stranded on a raft for a total of 47 days before washing ashore on a Pacific island and being taken as prisoners of war (POW) (POWs) by the Japanese; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was tortured for the next two years and was only released and returned to the United States after the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths called the Victory Boys Camp; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini married Cynthia Applewhite in 1946, to whom he remained married until her death in 2001. They had a daughter, Cynthia, and a son, Luke. His marriage became strained because of his nightmares reliving his World War II experiences, and he began drinking heavily, trying to forget his experiences as a POW; and
WHEREAS, In 1949, at the encouragement of his wife, Louis Zamperini reluctantly agreed to attend a Billy Graham crusade. Grahams preaching reminded him of his prayers during his time on the life raft and his imprisonment, and Zamperini recommitted his life to Christ. Following this, he forgave his Japanese tormentors, and his nightmares ceased; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was a defiant, resourceful, and determined man. He became an Olympic athlete and survived a plane crash, being lost at sea, and the worst of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. In 1998, he carried the Olympic torch at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. He also spent the last 65 years of his life sharing his faith and his philosophy of life with as many audiences as would invite him to speak. In his talks, he included the concepts of forgiveness, hardiness, preparation, and a new life in Christ; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was also quick-witted, fun-loving, humble, and extremely caring of other people; and
WHEREAS, On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story (Olympian and World War II POW) has been told in various books, including the 2010 biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand and the December 2014 film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, Luke Zamperini, his daughter, Cynthia Garris, and one grandchild, Clay Zamperini; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
WHEREAS, Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Italian immigrants Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi. Zamperinis family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis began his extraordinary life; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini learned to box before he became a runner. His father taught him how to box so he could defend himself against bullies who taunted him because he could not speak English. Pete Zamperini, his older brother, encouraged him to try out for the track team at Torrance High School; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934, earning him the nickname of the Torrance Tornado. His record time of 4 minutes, 21.2 seconds stood for 20 years. His schoolboy exploits on the track team earned him a scholarship to the University of Southern California; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials at Randalls Island in New York, Louis Zamperini finished in a dead heat with Don Lash, the world-record holder, which qualified him for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a teenager, alongside such Olympians as Jesse Owens, Ralph Metcalfe, and Mack Robinson, the older brother of Jackie Robinson; and
WHEREAS, Two years later, in 1938, Louis Zamperini set a national collegiate mile record of 4:08.3, which stood for 15 years. He subsequently graduated from the University of Southern California, and not long after that, when World War II broke out, he enlisted in September 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 bomber in the Pacific theater of operations; and
WHEREAS, During a search and rescue mission to save a downed pilot, Louis Zamperinis airplane crashed due to mechanical failure, and he and two other airmen were the only survivors of the 11-man crew on board the airplane. One of the men died after 33 days, and Louis Zamperini and the other airman were stranded on a raft for a total of 47 days before washing ashore on a Pacific island and being taken as prisoners of war (POW) by the Japanese; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was tortured for the next two years and was only released and returned to the United States after the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths called the Victory Boys Camp; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini married Cynthia Applewhite in 1946, to whom he remained married until her death in 2001. They had a daughter, Cynthia, and a son, Luke. His marriage became strained because of his nightmares reliving his World War II experiences, and he began drinking heavily, trying to forget his experiences as a POW; and
WHEREAS, In 1949, at the encouragement of his wife, Louis Zamperini reluctantly agreed to attend a Billy Graham crusade. Grahams preaching reminded him of his prayers during his time on the life raft and his imprisonment, and Zamperini recommitted his life to Christ. Following this, he forgave his Japanese tormentors, and his nightmares ceased; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was a defiant, resourceful, and determined man. He became an Olympic athlete and survived a plane crash, being lost at sea, and the worst of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. In 1998, he carried the Olympic torch at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. He also spent the last 65 years of his life sharing his faith and his philosophy of life with as many audiences as would invite him to speak. In his talks, he included the concepts of forgiveness, hardiness, preparation, and a new life in Christ; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini was also quick-witted, fun-loving, humble, and extremely caring of other people; and
WHEREAS, On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story (Olympian and World War II POW) has been told in various books, including the 2010 biography Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand and the December 2014 film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie; and
WHEREAS, Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, Luke Zamperini, his daughter, Cynthia Garris, and one grandchild, Clay Zamperini; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
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| May 16, 2016 | In Senate. To Com. on RLS. |
| Aug 16, 2016 | Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 2:30 p.m. |
| Aug 16, 2016 | Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 122, Statutes of 2016. |
| Aug 11, 2016 | In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4876.) |
| Aug 11, 2016 | Adopted and to Assembly. |
| Aug 2, 2016 | Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. |
| Aug 1, 2016 | From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. |
| Jun 29, 2016 | From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| May 26, 2016 | Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. |
| Mar 29, 2016 | Introduced. To print. |
| May 16, 2016 | Adopted and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4818.) |
| May 16, 2016 | Adopted and to Senate. |
| May 11, 2016 | From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). |
| Apr 19, 2016 | From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Apr 14, 2016 | Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Apr 13, 2016 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Amended. |
| Apr 4, 2016 | Referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Mar 30, 2016 | From printer. |
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| Aug 11, 2016 | Consent Calendar 2nd ACR157 Hadley | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| Jun 28, 2016 | Be adopted, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Senate Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing |
Passed |
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| May 16, 2016 | ACR 157 HADLEY Consent Calendar Second Day | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| May 11, 2016 | Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. | Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations |
Passed |
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| Apr 18, 2016 | Be adopted, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation |
Passed |
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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 157
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SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 10-0, 6/28/16
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Leyva, McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
NO VOTE RECORDED: Galgiani
SENATE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/16/16 (Consent) - See last page for vote
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS: This resolution designates a portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. It also requests that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signage and, upon receipt of donations from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Background
Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in New York, moving to Torrance, California, in 1919. Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934. Two years later, Mr. Zamperini finished in a tie in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials, qualifying him for the 1936 Olympics. In 1938, he set a national collegiate mile record. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and became a bombardier. During a search-and-rescue mission, Mr. Zamperini’s airplane crashed due to a mechanical failure. He was stranded on a raft for 47 days before washing ashore and becoming a prisoner of war. He was tortured for the next two years and was released and returned to the U.S. in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths call the Victory Boys Camp. On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story has been told in various books and movies.
Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, daughter, and a grandchild.
Comments
Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and service of Louis Zamperini.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Local: No
City of Torrance
Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 5/16/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Travis Allen, Dababneh, Nazarian
8/3/16 19:14:34
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 157 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
Author: | Hadley | ||
Version: | 4/13/2016 | ||
Urgency: | No | Fiscal: | Yes |
Consultant: | Randy Chinn | ||
SUBJECT: Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following criteria:
- The person being honored must have provided extraordinary public service or some exemplary contribution to the public good and have a connection to the community where the highway or structure is located.
- The person being honored must be deceased.
- The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
- The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the district in which the facility is located, and the resolution must identify the specific highway segment or structure being named.
- The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles in length.
- The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus and be without local opposition.
- The proposed designation may not supersede an existing designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior designation.
This resolution designates a portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue as the Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway. It also requests that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signage and, upon receipt of donations from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
- Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and service of Louis Zamperini.
- Background. Louis Silvie Zamperini was born on January 26, 1917, in New York, moving to Torrance, California in 1919. Louis Zamperini set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934. Two years later, Mr. Zamperini finished in a tie in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials, qualifying him for the 1936 Olympics. In 1938, he set a national collegiate mile record. When World War II broke out, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier. During a search-and-rescue mission, Mr. Zamperini’s airplane crashed due to a mechanical failure. He was stranded on a raft for 47 days before washing ashore and beoming a prisoner of war. He was tortured for the next two years and was released and returned to the United States in 1945. After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths call the Victory Boys Camp. On July 2, 2014, Louis Silvie Zamperini passed away at his home in Los Angeles, California, at 97 years of age. His dramatic life story has been told in various books and movies.
Louis Zamperini is survived by his son, daughter, and a grandchild.
Assembly Votes:
Floor: 77-0
Appr: 20-0
Trans: 15-0
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
City of Torrance
Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
OPPOSITION:
None received
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Date of Hearing: May 11, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
ABPCA Bill Id:ACR 157
Author:(Hadley) – As Amended Ver:April 13, 2016
Policy Committee: | Transportation | Vote: | 15 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This measure designates, as the "Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway," the portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in LA County.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Minor State Highway Account costs to Caltrans to make and erect appropriate signs; these costs are fully covered by donations.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. This measure honors Mr. Zamperini, whose storied life was recounted in the 2010 biography "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption," by Laura Hildebrand. Mr. Zamperini died on July 2, 2014 at age 97.
Analysis Prepared by: Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
Date of Hearing: April 18, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
ABPCA Bill Id:ACR 157 (
Author:Hadley) – As Amended Ver:April 13, 2016
SUBJECT: Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway
SUMMARY: Designates a specified portion of Interstate 405 in the County of Los Angeles as the “Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway.” Specifically, this resolution:
- Recounts the life and service of Louis Silvie Zamperini.
- Designates that portion of Interstate 405 from Redondo Beach Boulevard to South Western Avenue in the County of Los Angeles as the “Louis Zamperini Memorial Highway.”
- Requests that the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing the special designation, and upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and maintaining state highways including the installation and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: The author seeks to honor the life and service of Louis Silvie Zamperini, whose story has been recounted in the 2010 biography, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand and in the 2014 film Unbroken. Specially, Mr. Zamperini was born in 1917 in New York. He joined the track team in high school and set the national high school record in the mile at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1934, earning him the nickname of the “Torrance Tornado.” He earned a scholarship to the University of Southern California.
Two years later, in the 5,000-meter Olympic trials at Randalls Island in New York, Zamperini finished in a dead heat with Don Lash, the world-record holder, which qualified him for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as a teenager. In 1938, Zamperini set a national collegiate mile record of 4:08.3, which stood for 15 years. He subsequently graduated from the University of Southern California, then when World War II broke out, he enlisted in 1941 in the United States Army Air Corps and became a bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 bomber in the Pacific theater of operations.
During a search and rescue mission to save a downed pilot, Zamperini’s airplane crashed due to mechanical failure, and he and two other airmen were the only survivors of the 11-man crew on board the airplane. One of the men died after 33 days, and Louis Zamperini and the other airman were stranded on a raft for a total of 47 days before washing ashore on a Pacific island and being taken as prisoners of war (POWs) by the Japanese. Zamperini was tortured for the next two years and was only released and returned to the United States after the end of the war in the Pacific in 1945.
After the war, he founded a camp for troubled youths called the Victory Boys Camp. In 1949, Zamperini recommitted his life to Christ, and forgave his Japanese tormentors. Zamperini passed away on July 2, 2014, at his home in Los Angeles, at 97 years of age.
Louis Zamperini was a defiant, resourceful, and determined man. He became an Olympic athlete and survived a plane crash, being lost at sea, and the worst of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. In 1998, he carried the Olympic torch at the Winter Olympics held in Nagano, Japan. Mr. Zamperini also spent the last 65 years of his life sharing his faith and his philosophy of life with as many audiences as would invite him to speak. According to the author, Louis Zamperini is an outstanding role model for young Californians. Further, he states that, throughout his life, Zamperini held himself to incredibly high standards, and overcame and achieved an incredible amount in his 97 years and left a legacy for others to aspire to.
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Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce
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