Bill Text: CA SCR102 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial Bridge.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 94, Statutes of 2016. [SCR102 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR102-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 102	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  94
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 5, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 7, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Nguyen
   (Coauthors: Senators Hall and Lara)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member O'Donnell)

                        JANUARY 27, 2016

   Relative to the Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial Bridge.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 102, Nguyen. Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial Bridge.
   This measure would designate a specified bridge on State Highway
Route 1 in the City of Long Beach as the Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial
Bridge. The measure would 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.



   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom was the first woman to win an Olympic
medal for the United States in rowing, winning a silver medal in the
single sculls at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and in the
quadruple sculls at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and was a
member of the team that boycotted the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow;
and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom won 14 national titles during her
career, holds 11 world records on the indoor ergometer, and medaled
internationally as a coach in the Pan American Games; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom motivated students to live healthy and
active lives; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom had a 35-year career, retiring in
2012, with the Long Beach Unified School District as a physical
education teacher and curriculum leader, and was instrumental in
securing a million-dollar grant for rowing machines in each of the
school district's nine high schools; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom taught educators how to teach students
to enjoy an active lifestyle and her Facebook page has countless
entries from fellow competitors, educators, and friends sharing their
appreciation for her gentle guidance over the years; and
   WHEREAS, On August 21, 2013, at the Pete Archer Rowing Center,
Joan Lind Van Blom collapsed after an indoor rowing session and was
diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of
brain cancer; and
   WHEREAS, While fighting the disease, she continued to be a role
model of grace and style by sharing memories with friends and
expressing gratitude to those she teamed with, taught, and came in
contact with; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom died the morning of Friday, August 28,
2015; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom was inducted into the Wilson High
School, Long Beach State 49er, Century Club, and National Rowing
halls of fame and was declared a lifetime member of the Long Beach
Rowing Association, marking her never-ending achievement in advocacy
for the sport and healthy living; and
   WHEREAS, For all her accomplishments, dedication to rowing, and
contributions to the sport's growth, in December 2014, at the
USRowing Annual Awards Reception in Jacksonville, Florida, Joan Lind
Van Blom was named the recipient of the 2014 USRowing Ernestine Bayer
Award, formerly Woman of the Year, which recognizes outstanding
contributions to women's rowing or to an outstanding woman in rowing;
and
   WHEREAS, On March 7, 2015, the Beach Crew Alumni Association
dedicated a women's Resolute 8+ racing shell as the Joan Lind Van
Blom; and
   WHEREAS, Joan Lind Van Blom is survived by her husband of 30
years, Long Beach State 49er hall of fame member John Van Blom; their
son, John Jr.; and her sisters, Loretta Madsen and Carol Hansen;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the Los
Alamitos Bay Bridge (bridge number 53-0064), and any successor
bridge, on State Highway Route 1 south of Loynes Drive and north of
East 2nd Street, in the City of Long Beach, as the Joan Lind Van Blom
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
signing 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.