| 1 | | - | Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 23 CHAPTER 128Relative to the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway. [ Filed with Secretary of State August 30, 2017. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 23, Bocanegra. Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway.This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 5 in the County of Los Angeles as the Ritchie Valens 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.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES Bill TextWHEREAS, Richard Steven Valenzuela, who would come to be known internationally as Ritchie Valens, was born on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, California, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, to Joseph Steven Valenzuela and Concepcin Reyes; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was raised with musical influences of traditional Mexican mariachi music and flamenco guitar, African American rhythm and blues vocal groups, and jump blues, leading him to express an interest in making music of his own; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was encouraged by his father to learn to play the guitar and trumpet, and his love for music later led him to teach himself the drums; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens became popular for bringing his guitar to his school, Pacoima Junior High School, to sing and play songs to his friends in the bleachers; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens, at 16 years of age, accepted an invitation to play guitar and sing vocals in a local garage band, the Silhouettes, a diverse group that reflected Pacoimas ethnic mix and was composed of African American, Chicano, and Japanese American members; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens and the Silhouettes played at dances, gatherings, and parties throughout the northeast end of the San Fernando Valley, and Valens boisterous vocals and expert guitar skills helped draw big crowds, leading him to be known as Little Richard of the Valley; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was discovered by a talent scout one night in May 1958 when the Silhouettes packed the American Legion Hall in Pacoima; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was invited by Bob Keane, the owner and president of Del-Fi Records in Hollywood, California, to audition for his record label, eventually signing him to a solo recording contract with Del-Fi Records on May 27, 1958; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens first recorded original, Come On, Lets Go, was recorded in July 1958, and became an immediate success; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens struck even greater success with his second single, a dual-sided record featuring the songs La Bamba, an acknowledgment of his Chicano heritage, and Donna, an ode to his high school girlfriend, Donna Ludwig, whom he met at San Fernando High School, which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens career skyrocketed, and in the remaining months of 1958, he appeared on Dick Clarks American Bandstand television show, performed alongside Buddy Holly, and played at Alan Freeds Christmas Jubilee in New York City; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens began traveling the Midwest in early 1959 as a member of a multimember rock n roll tour called The Winter Dance Party; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens promising career was heartbreakingly cut short when, on February 3, 1959, after leaving a performance in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the tender young age of 17, he passed away in a private airplane accident with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson, a tragedy that was later eternalized as the day the music died; andWHEREAS, To this day, Ritchie Valens is regarded as a rock and roll pioneer and the forefather of the Chicano rock movement, inspiring others at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock music; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens rendition of La Bamba, featuring successful blending of traditional Latin American music with classic rock n roll music, proved to be a historic recording that would come to influence other famous Chicano musicians; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of Interstate 5 from State Route 118 to State Route 170 in the County of Los Angeles as the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway; and be it furtherResolved, 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 furtherResolved, 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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| 1 | + | Enrolled August 25, 2017 Passed IN Senate August 24, 2017 Passed IN Assembly March 23, 2017 Amended IN Assembly March 07, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 23Introduced by Assembly Member Bocanegra(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Calderon, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Lackey, Medina, Rodriguez, Rubio, and Voepel)(Coauthors: Senators Hertzberg and Vidak)February 15, 2017Relative to the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTACR 23, Bocanegra. Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway.This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 5 in the County of Los Angeles as the Ritchie Valens 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.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES Bill TextWHEREAS, Richard Steven Valenzuela, who would come to be known internationally as Ritchie Valens, was born on May 13, 1941, in Pacoima, California, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, to Joseph Steven Valenzuela and Concepcin Reyes; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was raised with musical influences of traditional Mexican mariachi music and flamenco guitar, African American rhythm and blues vocal groups, and jump blues, leading him to express an interest in making music of his own; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was encouraged by his father to learn to play the guitar and trumpet, and his love for music later led him to teach himself the drums; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens became popular for bringing his guitar to his school, Pacoima Junior High School, to sing and play songs to his friends in the bleachers; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens, at 16 years of age, accepted an invitation to play guitar and sing vocals in a local garage band, the Silhouettes, a diverse group that reflected Pacoimas ethnic mix and was composed of African American, Chicano, and Japanese American members; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens and the Silhouettes played at dances, gatherings, and parties throughout the northeast end of the San Fernando Valley, and Valens boisterous vocals and expert guitar skills helped draw big crowds, leading him to be known as Little Richard of the Valley; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was discovered by a talent scout one night in May 1958 when the Silhouettes packed the American Legion Hall in Pacoima; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens was invited by Bob Keane, the owner and president of Del-Fi Records in Hollywood, California, to audition for his record label, eventually signing him to a solo recording contract with Del-Fi Records on May 27, 1958; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens first recorded original, Come On, Lets Go, was recorded in July 1958, and became an immediate success; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens struck even greater success with his second single, a dual-sided record featuring the songs La Bamba, an acknowledgment of his Chicano heritage, and Donna, an ode to his high school girlfriend, Donna Ludwig, whom he met at San Fernando High School, which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens career skyrocketed, and in the remaining months of 1958, he appeared on Dick Clarks American Bandstand television show, performed alongside Buddy Holly, and played at Alan Freeds Christmas Jubilee in New York City; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens began traveling the Midwest in early 1959 as a member of a multimember rock n roll tour called The Winter Dance Party; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens promising career was heartbreakingly cut short when, on February 3, 1959, after leaving a performance in Clear Lake, Iowa, at the tender young age of 17, he passed away in a private airplane accident with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. The Big Bopper Richardson, a tragedy that was later eternalized as the day the music died; andWHEREAS, To this day, Ritchie Valens is regarded as a rock and roll pioneer and the forefather of the Chicano rock movement, inspiring others at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock music; andWHEREAS, Ritchie Valens rendition of La Bamba, featuring successful blending of traditional Latin American music with classic rock n roll music, proved to be a historic recording that would come to influence other famous Chicano musicians; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of Interstate 5 from State Route 118 to State Route 170 in the County of Los Angeles as the Ritchie Valens Memorial Highway; and be it furtherResolved, 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 furtherResolved, 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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