HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-527 Endorsing Senate Bill 123, Assembly Bill 1769 and Assembly Resolution 52C
RESOLUTION N0. 527
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING SENATE BILL 1232 ASSEMBLY BTJX 17699
AND ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 52.
WHMWAS, in the 1957 California Legislature it appears that ',.a "gottion•. of the
U. JS- Highway 101 (E1 Camino Beal) was inadvertently designated as the
"Cabrillo Highweel; and
WHEREAS, U. S. Highway 101 between San Diego and San Francisco has been
traditionally known as 81 Camino Real, founded by the franciscan fathers in
establishing the chain of California's old missions almost two centuries ago;
and
WHEREAS, the designation of portions of this route°as`.'Cabrillo'Highway
tends to nullify this great tradition which has had such great historical
significance and influence ion the cultural develo ,
pnieat: of, California;
NOW, TMMURE, BE IT RESOLVED by the- CounciT,of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
That the Council urges that the Legislature of the.Statetog California
pass the necessary legislation to eliminate the designation of all.,portioas
Of U. S. Highway 101 and U. 8, Highway 101 Alternate as the "Cabrillo Highway. ".
and instruct the Department of Public Works to remove any and all 19Cabrillo
Highway" signs from these routes; and
That the Legislature of the State of California be urged to designate
U. S. Highway 101 from the International Border on the south, to San Francisco
on the north, as 11E1 Camino Reals" and U. S. Highway 101 Alternate from San .,Yawn
Capistrano junction on the south, to the Omnard Junction on the north, as "Pacific
Coast Highway," and instruct the Department of Public Works to erect appropriate
signs along these highways identifying them.:as such; and
That the State Department of Public Works be requested to place the
traditional Mission Bell maskers at or near the points of egress leading from
U. S. 101 to the old missions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED I this 16 day of � h l March _ , 959, by the £ollatrirng
rail call vote:
ES: Nels Beck, Kenneth W. Jore s, J. Barry Smith, Fred H: Lucksinger
110-S: None
ABSENT: Richard G. Sleight
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