Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 165
Introduced by Senator Nguyen
June 27, 2024
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 165—Relati ve to the Surf City Highway.
legislative counsel’s digest
SCR 165, as introduced, Nguyen. Surf City Highway.
This measure would designate specified portions of State Route 405 in the County of Orange as the Surf City Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing these special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
line 1 WHEREAS, In 1991, the City of Huntington Beach adopted line 2 the nickname “Surf City USA” to recognize the city’ s surf and line 3 beach culture; and
line 4 WHEREAS, The City of Huntington Beach’ s unique location line 5 offers consistent waves year round; and
line 6 WHEREAS, The City of Huntington Beach is home to over 100 line 7 years of surfing history and 10 miles of coastline, including popular line 8 surfing spots such as the Huntington Beach Pier, HB Cliffs, Bolsa line 9 Chica State Beach, and Huntington State Beach; and line 10 WHEREAS, Surfing is a major part of the City of Huntington line 11 Beach’s culture, history, and economy; and
line 12 WHEREAS, USA Surfing adopted the City of Huntington Beach line 13 as its official home and the Association of Surfing Professionals line 14 North America moved to the city; and
99 line 1 WHEREAS, The City of Huntington Beach’ s surf culture is line 2 mentioned in popular songs such as “Surf City” by Jan and Dean, line 3 “Surfin’ Saf ari” by the Beach Bo ys, and “Surfer Joe” by The line 4 Surfaris; and
line 5 WHEREAS, The City of Huntington Beach is the home of the line 6 US Open of Surfing, the Huntington Beach International Surfing line 7 Museum, the Surfers’ Hall of Fame, and the Surfing Walk of Fame; line 8 and
line 9 Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly line 10 thereof concurring , That the Le gislature hereby designates the line 11 northbound or northern portion of State Highway Route 405 from line 12 Warner Ave (Postmile 14.817) to Bolsa Ave (Postmile 17.753), line 13 and the southbound or southern portion of State Highw ay Route line 14 405 from Bolsa Ave (Postmile 17.753) to Warner Ave (Postmile line 15 14.817), in the County of Orange, as the Surf City Highway; and line 16 be it further
line 17 Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested line 18 to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the line 19 signing requirements for the state highway system showing those line 20 special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate line 21 sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further line 22 Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of line 23 this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author line 24 for appropriate distribution.
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