California Senate Bill SCR59 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SCR 59AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 26, 2013 INTRODUCED BY Senator Knight JULY 1, 2013 Relative to the William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SCR 59, as amended, Knight. William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster. This measure would recognize the location of the William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster in Los Angeles County along State Highway Route 14 (SR 14) near the exit for West Avenue "I" in the City of Lancaster and request the erection of 4 directional signs at that exit indicating the location of the home. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs. Fiscal committee: yes. WHEREAS, The William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster  (Veterans Home )is   (Veterans Home) is  a 60-bed  Residential Care Facility for the Elderly,   residential care facility for the elderly, an assisted living facility that serves veterans, where all health care needs, meals, transportation, and activities for residents are provided in partnership with the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; and WHEREAS, The Veterans Home was named in honor and memory of the late Senator William J. "Pete" Knight, a former United States Air Force Colonel who spent 32 years in dedicated service to his country, flew more than 253 missions in Vietnam, was a fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut, and legislator, and who was also considered one of the Veterans Home's strongest and most vocal advocates when he served in the California State Senate; and WHEREAS, The Veterans Home is located in the picturesque high-desert area of southern California, just off the Antelope Valley Freeway (State Route 14), and is only an hour's drive north from the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles; and WHEREAS, The Veterans Home provides California veterans with a living environment that protects their dignity and contributes to their feeling of self-reliance and self-worth; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the William J. "Pete" Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster in Los Angeles County and its location along State Highway Route 14 (SR 14) near the exit for West Avenue "I" in the City of Lancaster and requests the erection of four directional signs as follows or as otherwise consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system: two of the signs, one northbound and one southbound on SR 14, to be placed before the exit for West Avenue "I" to read:  "Senator William   "William  J. "Pete" Knight  Memorial  Veterans Home, This Exit"; the other two signs to be placed at the stop signs after exiting the freeway either northbound or southbound to read:  "Senator William   "William  J. "Pete" Knight  Memorial  Veterans Home, Left Turn" and  "Senator William   "William  J. "Pete" Knight  Memorial  Veterans Home, Right Turn"; 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 and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the  Department   Director  of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.