20250ACR_001694CHP INTRODUCED 2025-01-16 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-02-12 AMENDED_ASSEMBLY 2025-02-19 AMENDED_SENATE 2025-05-22 PASSED_ASSEMBLY 2025-06-30 PASSED_SENATE 2025-06-27 ENROLLED 2025-07-02 CHAPTERED 2025-07-08 FILED 2025-07-08 2025 ACR CHP CHR 0 Introduced by Assembly Member Gallagher LEAD_AUTHOR ASSEMBLY Gallagher Relative to the POW/MIA Bridge. the POW/MIA Bridge The POW/MIA Bridge. This measure would designate the Feather River Bridge and Overhead of State Highway Route in the Cities of Marysville and Yuba City as the POW/MIA Bridge.

The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs. YES

WHEREAS, The 10th Street Bridge on Route connects the Cities of Marysville and Yuba City, and the Counties of Yuba and Sutter; and

WHEREAS, The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia adopted the POW/MIA flag in January 1972; and

WHEREAS, In 1972, the National POW/MIA Flag Act (Section of Title of the United States Code) was enacted and it requires the POW/MIA flag to be displayed on certain federal properties, including the White House and the United States Capitol Building, on all days on which the flag of the United States is displayed; and

WHEREAS, The California Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that in there were 6,013 local veterans from the County of Sutter and 7,290 local veterans from the County of Yuba; and

WHEREAS, According to the United States Department of Defense, nearly 81,000 American service members remain missing, having served in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and other conflicts involving the United States; and

WHEREAS, The POW/MIA flag is a symbol of our nation’s concern for the American service members who remain missing; and

WHEREAS, The wording on the POW/MIA flag says, “YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN”; and

WHEREAS, The Marysville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post wishes to pay tribute to the POW/MIA flag, with Past Commander Brock Bowen taking the lead on this endeavor;

now, therefore,

be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the Feather River Bridge and Overhead (BR#18-0009) of State Highway Route from postmile 17.001 in the County of Sutter, City of Yuba City, to postmile 0.450 in the County of Yuba, City of Marysville, as the POW/MIA Bridge; 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 Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.