This measure would designate the interchange at State Route 99 State Route 204 between State Route 178 and State Route 58 in the County of Kern as the Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange. 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 the interchange at State Route 99 and State Route 58 in the County of Kern as the Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange. 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, Harvey L. Hall, a pioneer of modern emergency medical services (EMS) in California, who fostered the concept of "Unity in Our Community" and who served as the City of Bakersfield's 25th and longest-serving mayor, passed away at 77 years of age on May 19, 2018, surrounded by his family and with his three dogs at his side; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall was born in the City of Los Angeles on January 5, 1941, at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital, and was adopted at birth by Clarence Eugene "Pete" and Cecil Hall; he later attended Lowell and Longfellow elementary schools, Washington and Golden State middle schools, Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield College, and San Francisco City College; and

WHEREAS, Because of a dare to go on a ride-along in an ambulance in 1960, Halls interest was piqued in becoming an ambulance driver and sparked what would culminate in a 58-year career of caring for those in need; and

WHEREAS, With a vision to build the best ambulance company in America, Hall, with a $15,000 bank loan, two ambulances, and his residence serving as headquarters, founded the Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. on February 10, 1971, and began answering the call; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall worked tirelessly to build relationships within the medical community and with his patients, whom he preferred to call his customers, and gained a reputation for providing a five-star ambulance service that resulted in the surrounding communities approaching him to bring his ambulance service to, ultimately, 88 percent of the County of Kerns population as their exclusive 9-1-1 paramedic provider; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall introduced the first mobile intensive care paramedic program in the County of Kern in May 1975, dramatically elevating the level of medical care that could be provided in the field, while his ambulance service was later selected as one of the top three ambulance service providers in the nation by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) in 1990 and the following year was honored as the U.S. Paramedic EMS Service of the Year; and

WHEREAS, In December 2001, Harvey Hall elevated the care provided by his paramedics to a higher level by launching Hall Air Ambulance, and eight years later he ushered in a new era of specialized medical transportation with the creation of Hall Critical Care Transport, which provides both ground and air, regional, interfacility transport solutions; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall was a longtime member of both the California Ambulance Association and the American Ambulance Association, where he was revered as an industry leader dedicated to improving the profession, and throughout his career, Harvey Hall enjoyed developing a personal connection with the communities his ambulance service company served, contributing his time and personal resources to many community service and nonprofit organizations; and

WHEREAS, In 2015, Harvey Hall championed the cause to find solutions to the growing gap between the cost to provide safety net ambulance services to California's most vulnerable residents and the reimbursement for services paid by Medi-Cal by founding the 911 Ambulance Provider's Medi-Cal Alliance; and

WHEREAS, On March 30, 1999, Harvey Hall announced his candidacy for mayor on the steps of Centennial Plaza in the City of Bakersfield with his message of Unity in Our Community that was embraced by the voters, resulting in his winning the March 2000 Election with 62 percent of the vote; and

WHEREAS, During his tenure extending for four terms, Mayor Hall was eager to help recognize the accomplishments, celebrations, and pride of Bakersfields diverse population, presenting 1,836 proclamations and 10,750 Certificates of Appreciation, as well as performing 958 ribbon cuttings with his custom-made, oversized scissors and leading 91 groundbreakings; Hall also delivered 981 speeches, extended 469 welcomes, hosted 452 foreign visitors, and participated in 64 military events; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Hall started the Mayor Hall Freeway Litter Cleanup Program, where for 13 years he personally lead led residents early on Saturday mornings as they picked up litter along highway onramps and offramps in the city; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, when President George W. Bush called upon Mayor Hall to develop a plan to end homelessness in the Bakersfield community, Mayor Hall introduced Home First: Kern Countys Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, which brought together a coalition of organizations to tackle the challenging issue of homelessness in our communities; and

WHEREAS, On May 19, 2017, California State University at Bakersfield awarded Mayor Hall an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree for distinction in his chosen field of endeavor, widely recognized eminence, and demonstrated values consistent with those of higher education, and on his birthday, in January 2018, Mayor Hall was inducted into the City of Bakersfields Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Hall was the longest serving mayor in the history of the City of Bakersfield and served alongside Assembly Member Rudy Salas, Jr., when he was a member of the city council; and

WHEREAS, Outside of his very public life, Mayor Hall cherished the time he spent with his wife of 28 years, Lavonne, their daughter, Amy, and granddaughter, Skyler Blair, and their mother-in-law, Libby Allen, and as a family, they enjoyed spending time on Californias central coast and the cold weather and big sky of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the interchange at State Route 99 (approximately post mile 23.493) and State Route 204 between State Route 178 and State Route 58 in the County of Kern as the Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange; 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, Harvey L. Hall, a pioneer of modern emergency medical services (EMS) in California, who fostered the concept of "Unity in Our Community" and who served as the City of Bakersfield's 25th and longest-serving mayor, passed away at 77 years of age on May 19, 2018, surrounded by his family and with his three dogs at his side; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall was born in the City of Los Angeles on January 5, 1941, at the Long Beach Memorial Hospital, and was adopted at birth by Clarence Eugene "Pete" and Cecil Hall; he later attended Lowell and Longfellow elementary schools, Washington and Golden State middle schools, Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield College, and San Francisco City College; and

WHEREAS, Because of a dare to go on a ride-along in an ambulance in 1960, Halls interest was piqued in becoming an ambulance driver and sparked what would culminate in a 58-year career of caring for those in need; and

WHEREAS, With a vision to build the best ambulance company in America, Hall, with a $15,000 bank loan, two ambulances, and his residence serving as headquarters, founded the Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. on February 10, 1971, and began answering the call; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall worked tirelessly to build relationships within the medical community and with his patients, whom he preferred to call his customers, and gained a reputation for providing a five-star ambulance service that resulted in the surrounding communities approaching him to bring his ambulance service to, ultimately, 88 percent of the County of Kerns population as their exclusive 9-1-1 paramedic provider; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall introduced the first mobile intensive care paramedic program in the County of Kern in May 1975, dramatically elevating the level of medical care that could be provided in the field, while his ambulance service was later selected as one of the top three ambulance service providers in the nation by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) in 1990 and the following year was honored as the U.S. Paramedic EMS Service of the Year; and

WHEREAS, In December 2001, Harvey Hall elevated the care provided by his paramedics to a higher level by launching Hall Air Ambulance, and eight years later he ushered in a new era of specialized medical transportation with the creation of Hall Critical Care Transport, which provides both ground and air, regional, interfacility transport solutions; and

WHEREAS, Harvey Hall was a longtime member of both the California Ambulance Association and the American Ambulance Association, where he was revered as an industry leader dedicated to improving the profession, and throughout his career, Harvey Hall enjoyed developing a personal connection with the communities his ambulance service company served, contributing his time and personal resources to many community service and nonprofit organizations; and

WHEREAS, In 2015, Harvey Hall championed the cause to find solutions to the growing gap between the cost to provide safety net ambulance services to California's most vulnerable residents and the reimbursement for services paid by Medi-Cal by founding the 911 Ambulance Provider's Medi-Cal Alliance; and

WHEREAS, On March 30, 1999, Harvey Hall announced his candidacy for mayor on the steps of Centennial Plaza in the City of Bakersfield with his message of "Unity in Our Community" that was embraced by the voters, resulting in his winning the March 2000 Election with 62 percent of the vote; and

WHEREAS, During his tenure extending for four terms, Mayor Hall was eager to help recognize the accomplishments, celebrations, and pride of Bakersfield's diverse population, presenting 1,836 proclamations and 10,750 Certificates of Appreciation, as well as performing 958 ribbon cuttings with his custom-made, oversized scissors and leading 91 groundbreakings; Hall also delivered 981 speeches, extended 469 welcomes, hosted 452 foreign visitors, and participated in 64 military events; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Hall started the Mayor Hall Freeway Litter Cleanup Program, where for 13 years he personally lead residents early on Saturday mornings as they picked up litter along highway onramps and offramps in the city; and

WHEREAS, In 2008, when President George W. Bush called upon Mayor Hall to develop a plan to end homelessness in the Bakersfield community, Mayor Hall introduced Home First: Kern County's Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, which brought together a coalition of organizations to tackle the challenging issue of homelessness in our communities; and

WHEREAS, On May 19, 2017, California State University at Bakersfield awarded Mayor Hall an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree for distinction in his chosen field of endeavor, widely recognized eminence, and demonstrated values consistent with those of higher education, and on his birthday, in January 2018, Mayor Hall was inducted into the City of Bakersfield's Hall of Fame; and

WHEREAS, Mayor Hall was the longest serving mayor in the history of the City of Bakersfield and served alongside Assembly Member Rudy Salas, Jr., when he was a member of the city council; and

WHEREAS, Outside of his very public life, Mayor Hall cherished the time he spent with his wife of 28 years, Lavonne, their daughter, Amy, and granddaughter, Skyler Blair, and their mother-in-law, Libby Allen, and as a family, they enjoyed spending time on Californias central coast and the cold weather and big sky of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the interchange at State Route 99 (approximately post mile 23.493) and State Route 58 in the County of Kern as the Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange; 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.

ASSEMBLY THIRD READING

ATR Bill Id:

Author:(Salas)

As Amended Ver:

Majority vote

SUMMARY: Designates State Route (SR) 204 between SR 178 and SR 58 as the "Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway". Specifically, this resolution:

1. Recounts the life and accomplishments of Harvey L. Hall, the longest-serving mayor for the City of Bakersfield, who passed away on May 19, 2018.
2. Designates SR 204 between SR 178 and SR 58 as the "Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway."
3. Requests that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) determine the cost of 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 that cost, to erect those signs.

EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation and maintenance of highway signs.

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the resolution requests that Caltrans only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering the cost.

COMMENTS: According to the author, this designation will honor the life and legacy of Harvey Hall, who was the longest serving mayor in the City of Bakersfield as well as the founder of Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. based in Kern County.

As the founder of Hall Ambulance Service, Inc., Hall built a company which ultimately served 88% of Kern County's population as their exclusive 9-1-1 paramedic provider. The high level of service offered by Hall Ambulances earned the company both community support and nationwide praise as one of the top ambulance services in the country. Hall was not only successful in business; he was also a civic-minded citizen who first announced a run for Bakersfield Mayor in 1999 with a message of "Unity in Our Community." During his tenure, Mayor Hall was an advocate for the disadvantaged and a caretaker of his community. In fact, as Mayor he founded the Mayor Hall Freeway Litter Program, where for 13 years he personally led residents early on Saturday mornings as they picked up litter along highway on-ramps and off-ramps.

Mayor Hall passed away at 77 years of age on May 19, 2018, surrounded by his family and with his three dogs at his side.

Analysis Prepared by: Eric Thronson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 0004898

Date of Hearing: August 23, 2018

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Jim Frazier, Chair

ABPCA Bill Id:ACR 276 (

Author:Salas) – As Introduced Ver:August 7, 2018

SUBJECT: Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange.

SUMMARY: Designates the interchange between State Route (SR) 99 and SR 58 as the "Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange". Specifically, this resolution:

1. Recounts the life and accomplishments of Harvey L. Hall, the longest-serving mayor for the City of Bakersfield, who passed away on May 19, 2018.
2. Designates the interchange between SR 99 and SR 58 as the "Harvey L. Hall Memorial Interchange".
3. Requests that the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) determine the cost of 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 that cost, to erect those signs.

EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation and maintenance of highway signs.

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the resolution requests that Caltrans only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from non-state sources covering the cost.

COMMENTS: According to the author, this designation will honor the life and legacy of Harvey Hall, who was the longest serving mayor in the City of Bakersfield as well as the founder of Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. based in Kern County.

As the founder of Hall Ambulance Service, Inc., Hall built a company which ultimately served 88% of Kern County’s population as their exclusive 9-1-1 paramedic provider. The high level of service offered by Hall Ambulances earned the company both community support and nationwide praise as one of the top ambulance services in the country. Hall was not only successful in business; he was also a civic-minded citizen who first announced a run for Bakersfield Mayor in 1999 with a message of “Unity in Our Community”. During his tenure, Mayor Hall was an advocate for the disadvantaged and a caretaker of his community. In fact, as Mayor he founded the Mayor Hall Freeway Litter Program, where for 13 years he personally led residents early on Saturday mornings as they picked up litter along highway on-ramps and off-ramps.

Mayor Hall passed away at 77 years of age on May 19, 2018, surrounded by his family and with his three dogs at his side.

Committee Comment: As written, this resolution violates our committee policy on resolutions naming highways or structures. Specifically, this resolution currently names a structure that is not in the author’s or any co-authors’ districts as well as names a structure that has already been designated via resolution in honor of someone else. To accommodate the committee’s policy, the author has agreed to amend the resolution in committee to designate a different section of highway in honor of Mayor Hall. Specifically, the amendments to this resolution will designate SR 204 between SR 58 and SR 178 as the “Harvey L. Hall Memorial Highway”.

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support

None on file

Opposition

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Analysis Prepared by: Eric Thronson / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093