IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 506 
Commending the Southern California Association of Governments for Forty 
Years of Planning and Advocacy in Transportation, Air Quality, and 
Growth Management. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 24, 2005 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD (for herself and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of Cali-
fornia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
RESOLUTION 
Commending the Southern California Association of Govern-
ments for Forty Years of Planning and Advocacy in 
Transportation, Air Quality, and Growth Management. 
Whereas the Southern California Association of Governments, 
hereafter in this resolution referred to as ‘‘SCAG’’, is the 
Nation’s largest Metropolitan Planning Organization rep-
resenting the 6 counties (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, 
Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura) and 187 cities 
that make up the Southern California region; 
Whereas SCAG was initially formed on October 28, 1965, 
when local elected officials from 56 cities and 5 counties 
first convened to begin planning for Southern California’s 
future on a regional basis;
•HRES 506 IH 
Whereas SCAG is currently governed by a 76-member Re-
gional Council that includes city and county elected offi-
cials representing the diverse perspectives of the South-
ern California region; 
Whereas SCAG has long been dedicated to developing re-
gional solutions to the many transportation, air quality, 
housing, land use, and other issues facing Southern Cali-
fornia; 
Whereas SCAG has developed, and continues to develop, re-
gional transportation plans intended to identify Southern 
California’s long-term transportation needs while pro-
tecting the region’s air quality; 
Whereas SCAG has developed a series of strategies through 
the Southern California Compass growth visioning initia-
tive intended to provide for more effective local land use 
and transportation decision-making; 
Whereas SCAG serves as the regional agency responsible for 
implementing the state Regional Housing Needs Assess-
ment program on behalf of Southern California in an ef-
fort to establish goals for future housing needs; 
Whereas SCAG played a critical role in conceptualizing what 
ultimately became the Alameda Corridor freight rail 
project, one of the Nation’s largest public works projects; 
Whereas SCAG was involved in the initial planning efforts for 
what ultimately became the Metrolink commuter rail sys-
tem; and 
Whereas SCAG has remained dedicated to its mission state-
ment of ‘‘Leadership, Vision and Progress, which pro-
mote economic growth, personal well-being and livable 
communities for all Southern Californians’’: Now, there-
fore, be it
•HRES 506 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) commends the 40 years of transportation 
planning and advocacy of SCAG to the Southern 
California region and acknowledges that SCAG will 
continue to play a critical role in shaping Southern 
California’s future; and 
(2) thanks SCAG for their continued work on 
transportation planning so that Southern California 
will have an integrated transportation system that 
can simultaneously serve the needs of the region’s 
growing population as well as meeting the region’s 
and Nation’s goods movement demands that keeps 
our economy growing. 
Æ