California Assembly Bill ACR100 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: ACR 100AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 27, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bonnie Lowenthal and Jeffries (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Alejo,  Blumenfield, Bonilla, Buchanan, Eng,  Feuer,  Furutani, Galgiani,  Harkey,  Miller, and Solorio) FEBRUARY 6, 2012 Relative to the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path  , the Ohlone Costanoan Highway, the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway, the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway, and the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 100, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal. Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian  Path.   Path, the Ohlone Costanoan Highway, the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway, the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway, and the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway.  This measure would  (1)  designate the bicycle pedestrian path on the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge on State Highway Route 710, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path  , (2) designate a portion of State Highway Route 129, in the County of Santa Cruz, as the Ohlone Costanoan Highway, (3) designate a portion of State Highway Route 5, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway, (4) designate a portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial   Highway, and (5) designate a portion of State Highway Route 10, in the City of Alhambra, as   the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway  . This measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing  this   these  special  designation   designations  and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs. Fiscal committee: yes. WHEREAS, Mark Llewellyn Bixby was a member of one of the founding families of the City of Long Beach; and WHEREAS, Mark Bixby was a past president of the Long Beach Rotary Club, which was instrumental in raising money to build Rotary Centennial Park, located on Pacific Coast Highway (State Highway Route 1) and Junipero Avenue in the City of Long Beach; and WHEREAS, Mark Bixby was the director of the BikeFest Tour of Long Beach and was a vocal proponent of adding bicycle lanes to the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge; and WHEREAS, Mark Bixby tragically lost his life in a plane crash in 2011 at 44 years of age;  now, therefore, be it   and   WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people have contributed over 13,000 years of cultural, economic, and environmental traditions to the history of the Pajaro Valley; and   WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people settled in the Pajaro Valley, near the Pajaro River, and in the Watsonville wetlands and sloughs. These areas are rich in natural resources and contain an abundance of plant and sea life used for commerce and everyday life; and   WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people have contributed to the present-day understanding of Native American culture and history and continue to work diligently to preserve the environment and teach people how to coexist with Earth; and   WHEREAS, Officer Daniel S. Bessant was born in Oceanside, California, on October 16, 1981; and   WHEREAS, Officer Bessant attended local schools in Oceanside where his father served as a member of the faculty; and   WHEREAS, Officer Bessant served with the Oceanside Police Department for six years, three years as a police officer and three years as a civilian with the department; and   WHEREAS, On December 20, 2006, Officer Bessant was killed in the line of duty while assisting another officer with a traffic stop and was shot from behind by a gang member who was not involved in the traffic stop; and   WHEREAS, Officer Bessant was only 25 years of age at the time he was killed; and   WHEREAS, Officer Bessant is survived by his wife, Katelyn, and son, Wyatt, who was two months old at the time; and   WHEREAS, Officer Bessant's father, in his role as a teacher, had tried unsuccessfully to intervene with one of the gang members convicted of killing Officer Bessant after noticing that the young man was becoming involved with gangs; and   WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Bessant's service and sacrifice, it would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway Route 5, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway; and   WHEREAS, Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell was born in Valley City, North Dakota. His father was a doctor who served honorably in World War I. Officer Campbell's parents were of Scottish descent; and   WHEREAS, Officer Campbell, at 13 years of age, moved to Los Angeles with his mother, Chrissie, after his father died of cancer; and   WHEREAS, Officer Campbell attended and graduated from Fairfax High School, and then attended Los Angeles City College; and   WHEREAS, At approximately 12 years of age, Officer Campbell started playing the bagpipes, taking lessons from renowned Pipe Major David Aitken, winning best bagpiper in the novice category at the Scottish Highland Games held in Santa Monica; and   WHEREAS, At 19 years of age, Officer Campbell enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, where he was trained as a radio operator, served two combat tours during the Korean War, and was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant, having been awarded the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with four bronze stars, and the United Nations Korean Service Medal; and   WHEREAS, Upon his discharge from the Marine Corps, Officer Campbell returned to Los Angeles and attended undergraduate school at the University of California at Los Angeles; and   WHEREAS, Officer Campbell entered the Los Angeles Police Academy and, on May 5, 1958, he graduated from the academy, successfully completing his probationary period as a Los Angeles police officer while assigned to the West Los Angeles Police Station, thereafter being transferred to the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); and   WHEREAS, On March 9, 1963, Officer Campbell was conducting a stop of a suspicious vehicle at Gower Street and Carlos Avenue in Hollywood when he was kidnapped at gunpoint, forcibly taken to a deserted onion field south of Bakersfield, and executed; and   WHEREAS, Officer Campbell was 31 years of age at the time of his death and had served the LAPD for five years; and   WHEREAS, On March 13, 1963, bagpipes were played for the first time for an officer of the LAPD at the funeral of Officer Campbell, a tradition that continues to this day following the line-of-duty death of every LAPD officer; and   WHEREAS, On June 26, 1965, as a memorial to Officer Campbell, the Ian Campbell Memorial Trophy was awarded to the best aggregate bagpiper in the novice category at the Scottish Highland Games, a tradition that continues to this day; and   WHEREAS, Officer Campbell is survived by his two daughters, Valerie and Lori, grandchildren, and great grandchildren; and   WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Campbell's service and sacrifice, it would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway Route 101, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway; and   WHEREAS, On July 10, 2011, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Officer Ryan Stringer was killed in a tragic accident while responding to a possible robbery in the rear parking lot of 100 North First Street in the City of Alhambra; and   WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was 26 years old and had served with the Alhambra Police Department for two years; and   WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was born in the City of Los Angeles and grew up in the City of Whittier, graduating from Whittier Christian High School; and   WHEREAS, Officer Stringer attended Fullerton College and Rio Hondo Community College after working for his father's construction business for several years; and   WHEREAS, Officer Stringer entered the Police Academy at Rio Hondo and graduated in February of 2009; and   WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was sworn in as an Alhambra Police Officer on February 26, 2009; and WHEREAS, During his two-year tenure with the Alhambra Police Department, Officer Stringer worked in the Field Services Division, Patrol Section; and WHEREAS, Officer Stringer showed his friendship, camaraderie, teamwork, and competitive drive as a member of the Alhambra Police Department's Baker-to-Vegas Challenge Cup Relay Team; and WHEREAS, Officer Stringer displayed his determination and will to succeed during his recovery from a life-threatening motorcycle accident that occurred in July 2010. After spending several weeks in a coma and being temporarily disabled, Officer Stringer made a full recovery within six months and returned to active duty as a police officer in January 2011; and WHEREAS, Coworkers, friends, and family recall Officer Stringer's good-natured disposition, healthy sense of humor, strong sense of adventure, and desire to excel at whatever he set out to do; and WHEREAS, Officer Stringer is survived by his parents, Sonny and Debbie Stringer, and four sisters: Kristen Stringer-Bartel, Kym Genes, Dana Stringer, and Donna McCulloch; and   WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Stringer's service and sacrifice, it would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway Route 10, in the City of Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it  Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the bicycle pedestrian path on the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge on State Highway Route 710, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path; and be it further  Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway 129 between Blackburn Street and Murphy Crossing Road, in the County of Santa Cruz, as the Ohlone Costanoan Highway; and be it further   Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 5 between Harbor Drive and State Highway Route 78, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway; and be it further   Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 101 between Hollywood Boulevard (milepost marker 6.520) and Cahuenga Boulevard (milepost marker 7.459), in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway; and be it further   Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 10 between South Marguerita Avenue (milepost marker 23.12) and South Almansor Street (milepost marker 24.31), in the City of Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial 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   each of these  special  designation   designations  and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost  of the sign for which the donations were made  , to erect  those signs   that sign  ; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.