Bill Text: CA ACR93 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 93

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Bill Title: Marian Bergeson Memorial Bridge.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 55-17)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 59, Statutes of 2024. [ACR93 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution

No. 93

Introduced by Assembly Member Dixon

June 05, 2023

Relative to the Marian Bergeson Memorial Bridge.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 93, as introduced, Dixon. Marian Bergeson Memorial Bridge.

This measure would designate the North Arm Newport Bay Bridge on State Route 1, in the County of Orange, as the Marian Bergeson Memorial Bridge. 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 to cover that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal Committee: YES

WHEREAS, Marian C. Bergeson was born on August 31, 1925, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education; and

WHEREAS, Marian began her lifelong endeavor to improve education as a teacher in the City of Santa Monica; and

WHEREAS, Marian was elected to the Newport-Mesa Board of Education in 1964, where she was elected to four terms; and

WHEREAS, The Orange County School Boards Association established the Marian Bergeson Award in 1974, which is presented annually to district trustees who promote public education through their governing board service and community efforts; and

WHEREAS, Marian was elected in 1978 to serve in the Assembly, where she served three terms; and

WHEREAS, Marian was elected in 1984 to serve in the Senate, where she also served three terms and served as chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Local Government; and

WHEREAS, Marian was the first woman to serve in both the Assembly and Senate of California; and

WHEREAS, The Marian Bergeson Elementary School in the City of Laguna Niguel was named in Marian’s honor in 1986; and

WHEREAS, Marian won the Republican nomination for, and ran for, Lieutenant Governor of California in 1990; and

WHEREAS, Marian was elected to the Board of Supervisors for the County of Orange with more than 98 percent of the vote in 1994; and

WHEREAS, Governor Pete Wilson appointed Marian as the Secretary for Education in 1996; and

WHEREAS, In 1999, outgoing Governor Pete Wilson and incoming Governor Gray Davis agreed to appoint Marian to the State Board of Education; and

WHEREAS, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Marian to the California Transportation Commission in 2004 and 2008; and

WHEREAS, Marian’s accolades include, but are not limited to, the UCI Medal in 2003, the National Conference for Community Justice Humanitarian of the Year in 2000, Woman of the Year from the Assembly in 1997, Lifetime Achievement from the Senate in 1997, and the Orange County Bar Association’s Liberty Bell Award in 1989; and

WHEREAS, Marian passed away on July 6, 2016, at 90 years of age, in the City of Newport Beach, survived by her husband, Garth; three children: Garth Jr., Julie, and James; and 11 grandchildren; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of Marian Bergeson’s service to the State of California, it would be fitting to designate the North Arm Newport Bay Bridge in her honor; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature designate the North Arm Newport Bay Bridge, bridge number 55-0614 at postmile R018.22, on State Route 1 in the County of Orange, as the Marian Bergeson Memorial Bridge; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs, consistent with the signage requirements for the state highway system, showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering 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.