BILL NUMBER: ACR 47	CHAPTERED  08/16/06

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  100
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 16, 2006
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 7, 2006
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 18, 2006

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member La Suer

                        MARCH 31, 2005

   Relative to the Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 47, La Suer  Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate State Highway Route 78, between Third
Street and State Highway 67, the Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway. The
measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine
the cost for appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, Army Specialist Ramon Ojeda was killed in action in
Baghdad, Iraq on May 1, 2004, at the age of 22, when his convoy was
attacked by terrorists; and
   WHEREAS, Ramon attended school in Ramona, California, and is
survived by his wife, Lesliee, who is serving in the United States
Army in Iraq, and by his 14-month-old son, Angel; and
   WHEREAS, Ramon's father, Jack Ojeda, a Vietnam veteran, met his
mother, Maria, while serving in the United States Army; and
   WHEREAS, Ramon wrestled at Ramona High School and had a "can do"
spirit and a remarkable ability to disarm and cheer up others with
his levity; and
   WHEREAS, Specialist Ojeda joined the United States Army and was
assigned to the Army's 25th Infantry Division; and
   WHEREAS, Specialist Ojeda was the first Ramona resident killed in
action in Iraq; and
   WHEREAS, Ramon traveled State Highway 78 every day to school in
Ramona, his family members and friends travel State Highway 78 every
day to work, and his parents and family still live in the rural area
east of Ramona; and
   WHEREAS, State Highway 78 should be renamed in Ramon's honor and
in honor of all of the men and women serving in the United States
Armed Forces; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, that the Legislature hereby designates State
Highway Route 78, between Third Street and State Highway 67, the
"Ramon Ojeda Memorial Highway;" and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent with
the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this
special designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering 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.