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SCR-87 The Luiseño Highway.(2013-2014)

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Amended  IN  Senate  August 06, 2014

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2013–2014 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 87

Introduced by Senator Anderson

February 21, 2014

Relative to the Luiseño Highway.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SCR 87, as amended, Anderson. The Luiseño Highway.
This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route 76 southeast of Lake Henshaw as the Luiseño Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal Committee: YES  

WHEREAS, Archeological records show that ancestors of the Luiseño Indians were among the original inhabitants of San Diego County living along the Pacific coast and inland in north San Diego County for 10,000 years; and

WHEREAS, The Luiseño called themselves Payómkawichum, also spelled Payómkowishum, meaning “People of the West;” and

WHEREAS, In what is now San Diego County, the territory of the Payómkawichum ran west to east across a wide swath of the northern portions of the county. Clans built villages and traveled from the Pacific Ocean, near the present-day Cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad, and La Jolla, to the east, where the Cities of San Marcos, Vista, and Fallbrook, and the communities of Rainbow, Bonsall, Valley Center, and Pauma Valley now exist, to Palomar Mountain and the Buena Vista Mountains of the Peninsular Range; and

WHEREAS, The Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, named after King Luis of Spain, was founded on June 13, 1798, by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuèn, on the San Luis Rey River in the current City of Oceanside; and

WHEREAS, The Payómkawichum became known as the Luiseño Indians due to the location of their villages, which came under Spanish occupation within the jurisdiction of the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia; and

WHEREAS, At the time of contact with the Spanish, more than 43 Luiseño villages were concentrated along the 55-mile stretch of the San Luis Rey River, from its mouth at Mount Palomar and the Hot Springs Mountains to where the river discharges into the Pacific Ocean; and

WHEREAS, The Luiseño Indians built trails along the San Luis Rey River, connecting their villages to visit relatives, exchange goods and food, share ceremonies, and perform rituals; and

WHEREAS, As the most direct route from the mountains to the coast, the Luiseño trails along the river also served as seasonal migratory routes for the native people, and accommodated Spanish missionary and militia travel among mission outposts, farmlands, and tribal villages; and

WHEREAS, Construction on the road following the San Luis Rey River and the Luiseño trails, in the County of San Diego, began in 1930, although the paving initially ended at the Pala Indian Reservation; and
WHEREAS, The original road was named legislative Route 195 in 1935. Then in 1965, the state highways were renumbered and legislative Route 195 was legally designated as State Highway Route 76, extending from United States Route 101 to State Highway Route 79; and

WHEREAS, Today, there are four Luiseño Indian reservations located on, or connected to, State Highway Route 76. They are the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, the Pala Band of Mission Indians, the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, and the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians; and

WHEREAS, The original trails constructed by the Luiseño Indians, living and traveling who lived and traveled along the San Luis Rey River, also served as the corridor of travel for the Spanish explorers, missionaries, and militia, Mexican Nationals, American military forces, and European immigrants; and
WHEREAS, These trails predated the modern road ultimately designated by the State of California as State Highway Route 76; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That, the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 76 running west to east from Interstate Highway 15 to State Highway Route 79, southeast of Lake Henshaw, as the Luiseño 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.