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PUBLIC WORKS - Director Jim Simon
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Requested Action(s)
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a) Request to adopt the name change of Squaw (hereinafter “Sq_”) Hill Road to Loybas Hill Road as part of the Assembly Bill 2022 for the replacement of the offensive and derogatory “Sq_” term and in coordination with the California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names (CACGN)
b) RESOLUTION - Request to adopt a Resolution accepting the name change of the road from “Sq_” Hill Road to Loybas Hill Road
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Financial Impact:
Funds are available in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget in Road Department Fund 102-3011 and are reimbursable from the State of California. There will be no impact on the General Fund.
Background Information:
Commencing on January 1, 2025, this bill would require the term “Sq_” to be removed from all geographic features and place names in the state. The bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to direct the committee to revise its existing charter to perform specified responsibilities, including notifying public agencies, as defined, of each geographic feature and place name that includes the term “Sq_”. The bill would require the committee to work in formal consultation with California Native American tribes on the list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission to establish a procedure for receiving name recommendations. This bill would require public agencies to no longer replace signs, interpretive markers, or any other marker or printed material with the discontinued name containing the word “Sq_”. The bill would require each agency or local governing body to ensure that map updates and sign replacements use the new name. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.