California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Senate Bill SCR25 Amended / Bill

Filed 05/04/2023

                    Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 25Introduced by Senator Seyarto(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Essayli and Sanchez)February 13, 2023Relative to Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 25, as amended, Seyarto. Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 15 in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. 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.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES Bill TextWHEREAS, Darnell Andrew Calhoun was born on June 24, 1992, to Lonnie Darnell and Renee Calhoun, in the City of Pomona; andWHEREAS, Darnell was the oldest brother of three children; and WHEREAS, Darnell was homeschooled through high school and attended the California State University, San Marcos, where he received his bachelors degree in criminology and justice studies; andWHEREAS, Darnell was joined in holy matrimony to his wife, Vanessa Nichele Quinn, on March 26, 2017; and WHEREAS, Darnell and Vanessa had two beautiful children and one on the way before his passing: Russel Russell Jay, Troy Ezekiel, and a baby boy to be named Malcolm; andWHEREAS, Darnell worked in his early years at his family-owned restaurant in the City of Murietta before becoming a San Diego Police Officer in 2019; andWHEREAS, In February of 2022, Darnell continued his law enforcement career as a Deputy Sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriffs Department; andWHEREAS, Darnell worked patrol out of the Lake Elsinore Station; andWHEREAS, Darnell was tragically murdered on duty upon arriving at a call for service on January 13, 2023; andWHEREAS, Darnell was loved by his coworkers, by the communities he served throughout his law enforcement career, and by his beloved fellow church members at the Covenant Grace Church in the City of Menifee; andWHEREAS, Aside from his immediate family, Darnell is survived by his parents and extended family members; now, therefore, be itResolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 15 from Central Avenue to N. Main Street in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway; and be it furtherResolved, 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 furtherResolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 25Introduced by Senator Seyarto(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Essayli and Sanchez)February 13, 2023Relative to Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSCR 25, as amended, Seyarto. Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 15 in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. 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.Digest Key Fiscal Committee: YES 

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2023

Amended IN  Assembly  May 04, 2023

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Concurrent Resolution 

No. 25

Introduced by Senator Seyarto(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Essayli and Sanchez)February 13, 2023

Introduced by Senator Seyarto(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Essayli and Sanchez)
February 13, 2023

Relative to Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SCR 25, as amended, Seyarto. Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 15 in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. 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.

This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 15 in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. 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.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

WHEREAS, Darnell Andrew Calhoun was born on June 24, 1992, to Lonnie Darnell and Renee Calhoun, in the City of Pomona; and

WHEREAS, Darnell was the oldest brother of three children; and 

WHEREAS, Darnell was homeschooled through high school and attended the California State University, San Marcos, where he received his bachelors degree in criminology and justice studies; and

WHEREAS, Darnell was joined in holy matrimony to his wife, Vanessa Nichele Quinn, on March 26, 2017; and 

WHEREAS, Darnell and Vanessa had two beautiful children and one on the way before his passing: Russel Russell Jay, Troy Ezekiel, and a baby boy to be named Malcolm; and

WHEREAS, Darnell worked in his early years at his family-owned restaurant in the City of Murietta before becoming a San Diego Police Officer in 2019; and

WHEREAS, In February of 2022, Darnell continued his law enforcement career as a Deputy Sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriffs Department; and

WHEREAS, Darnell worked patrol out of the Lake Elsinore Station; and

WHEREAS, Darnell was tragically murdered on duty upon arriving at a call for service on January 13, 2023; and

WHEREAS, Darnell was loved by his coworkers, by the communities he served throughout his law enforcement career, and by his beloved fellow church members at the Covenant Grace Church in the City of Menifee; and

WHEREAS, Aside from his immediate family, Darnell is survived by his parents and extended family members; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 15 from Central Avenue to N. Main Street in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun 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 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 Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.