Bill Text: CA ACR179 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Paul Johnson Highway.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-14 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 160, Statutes of 2010. [ACR179 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR179-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 179	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Solorio and John A. Perez

                        JULY 1, 2010

   Relative to the Paul Johnson Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 179, as introduced, Solorio. Paul Johnson Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 55 in Orange County as the Paul Johnson Highway. The measure
would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the
cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson began his broadcasting career in the 1950s
at a rock and roll station in Grand Forks, North Dakota; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson interrupted his career to serve in the
United States Army in 1956 and 1957; and
   WHEREAS, After his military service, Paul Johnson returned to
broadcasting and relocated to Los Angeles; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson appeared in the 1969 motion picture "Paint
Your Wagon" and was one of 60 men that sang the musical score for the
movie. Paul Johnson sang bass; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson also appeared in several opera productions
and in numerous television commercials; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson began traffic reporting in 1982, on the
radio at several Los Angeles stations, including, KNX, KZLA, KACE,
KXEZ, and KSRF; and
   WHEREAS, Since August 1988, Paul Johnson has been a part of KNBC's
on-air team. During his tenure with KNBC, Paul Johnson served as a
weather and traffic report anchor and contributor; and
   WHEREAS, Traffic consistently shows up as among the most important
information southern California news viewers want; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson delivered traffic information daily to
millions of southern Californians for 28 years; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson ended nearly all of his reports urging
viewers to buckle up and be safe on the road; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson was the last remaining original member of
the Today in L.A. newscast on KNBC; and
   WHEREAS, Paul Johnson is much beloved by his wife Nancy, by every
member of the KNBC staff, and by millions of southern Californians,
who depended on him daily to help them get to work; and
   WHEREAS, Based on Paul Johnson's impressive broadcasting career
and decades of dedication to helping millions of southern
Californians navigate their way to work each morning, it is therefore
appropriate to designate a portion of the State Highway Route 55 in
honor of Paul Johnson; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
southbound portion of State Highway Route 55 between Katella Avenue
and Chapman Avenue, in Orange County, as the Paul Johnson 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 the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.