Gov. Brown used the occasion of signing a bill to have a statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol implicitly to promote Prop 30 - Brown's tax initiative. See below:
LEGISLATIVE
COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2358, Hagman. State Capitol: Ronald Reagan statue.
Existing law prescribes various duties for the Department of
General Services in connection with development and maintenance of the park
around the State Capitol Building.
This bill would authorize the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol
Foundation, in consultation with the Department of General Services, to plan a
statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol Building Annex. The bill would
require the Department of General Services and the Ronald Reagan Centennial
Capitol Foundation to approve the design and any other aspect of the statue.
The bill would require that the planning, construction, and maintenance of the
statue be funded with private donations through the Ronald Reagan Centennial
Capitol Foundation. The bill would prohibit construction of the statue until
the Joint Committee on Rules has approved and adopted the plan for the statue,
and the Joint Committee on Rules and the Department of Finance have determined
that sufficient private funding is available to construct and maintain the
statue.
DIGEST KEY
Vote: majority Appropriation: no Fiscal
Committee: yes Local Program: no
BILL
TEXT
THE
PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
Section 14632 is added to the Government Code, to read:
14632.
(a) The Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation
may, in consultation with the Department of General Services, plan a statue of
Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol Building Annex.
(b) The Department of General Services, in consultation
with the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation, shall accomplish the
following goals:
(1) Review of the preliminary design plans to identify
potential maintenance concerns.
(2) Ensure Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) compliance, and other safety concerns.
(3) Review and approval of proper California Environmental
Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public
Resources Code) documents prepared for work at the designated historic
property.
(4) Review of final construction documents to ensure that
all requirements are met.
(5) Prepare the right-of-entry permit outlining the final
area of work, final construction documents, construction plans, the contractor
hired to perform the work, insurance, bonding, provisions for damage to state
property, and inspection requirements.
(6) Prepare a maintenance agreement outlining the Ronald
Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation’s responsibility for the long-term
maintenance of the statue due to aging, vandalism, or relocation.
(7) Inspect the construction performed by the contractor
selected by the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation.
(c) If the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation
undertakes responsibility to construct a statue under this section, it shall,
in consultation with the Department of General Services, establish a schedule
for the design, construction, and dedication of the statue, implement
procedures to solicit designs for the statue, devise a selection process for
the choice of the design, and establish a program for the dedication of the
statue.
(d) The Department of General Services and the Ronald
Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation shall approve the design and any other
aspect of the statue.
(e) If the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation
undertakes responsibility to construct a statue under this section, it shall
not begin construction of the statue until the Joint Committee on Rules has
approved and adopted the plan for the statue, and only if the Joint Committee
on Rules and the Department of Finance have determined that sufficient private
funding is available to construct and maintain the statue.
(f) The planning, construction, and maintenance of the
statue shall be funded exclusively through private donations to the Ronald
Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation.
(g) If the Ronald Reagan Centennial Capitol Foundation
undertakes responsibility to construct a statue under this section, it shall
sign a maintenance agreement with the state, as created under paragraph (6) of
subdivision (b), to maintain the statue with private contributions.
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Of course, Reagan did a number of things in the past that some would like to forget - like campaigning for Harry Truman in 1948:
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