Bill Text: CA ACR94 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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Bill Title: CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-26)
Status: (Passed) 2009-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 116, Statutes of 2009. [ACR94 Detail]
Download: California-2009-ACR94-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 49-26)
Status: (Passed) 2009-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 116, Statutes of 2009. [ACR94 Detail]
Download: California-2009-ACR94-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 94 ENROLLED BILL TEXT ADOPTED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Charles Calderon (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, and Yamada) SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 Relative to the CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 94, Charles Calderon. CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway. This measure would designate specified portions of State Highway Route 60 and corresponding on ramps and off ramps as the CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway. WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Joseph P. Sanders was born March 7, 1979, to Wayne and Beverly Sanders in Sacramento, California; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders had two sisters, Angela Sanders-Parker and ReBecca Heinrich; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders attended Galt High School in Galt, California, and graduated in June 1997. Upon graduation from high school, Officer Sanders joined the United States Marine Corps where he attained the rank of sergeant; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders was selected for the position of cadet and entered the CHP Academy on June 18, 2007. Upon graduation from the CHP Academy on December 21, 2007, Officer Sanders, badge number 18781, was assigned to the Santa Fe Springs area office where he served the State of California as a highway patrol officer for nearly a year; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders was married to Tondria Bryn Myrick on October 8, 2004, and had five wonderful children, Trentten, John, Silas, Savannah, and Elizabeth; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders was killed in the line of duty on December 15, 2008, when he was directing traffic at the site of a traffic collision on eastbound State Highway Route 60, west of Azusa Avenue in the city of Hacienda Heights. A subsequent collision between two vehicles caused one of the vehicles to veer out of control, striking Officer Sanders and causing major injuries. Officer Sanders was airlifted to USC Medical Center in Los Angeles where he succumbed to his injuries; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders was a dedicated family man who loved his wife and children and enjoyed traveling with his family to local points of interest. Officer Sanders also loved watching and participating in sports and athletic events, and enjoyed playing poker and golf; and WHEREAS, Officer Sanders was admired for his faithfulness and loyalty to family, friends, and work, his honesty and determination in all aspects of his life, his dedication to community and willingness to serve his community, and his kindness and quiet good nature; and WHEREAS, In recognition of Officer Sanders' ultimate sacrifice for the residents of this state, it is appropriate to dedicate a portion of State Highway Route 60 in the County of Los Angeles in his memory; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates all of the following in the County of Los Angeles as the CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway: (a) The portion of State Highway Route 60 (SR-60) eastbound (mile post marker 15.96) from Hacienda Boulevard to (mile post marker 20.44) Nogales Street and westbound from (mile post marker 20.44) Nogales Street to (mile post marker 15.96) Hacienda Boulevard. (b) The portion of northbound Hacienda Boulevard to eastbound and westbound SR-60, as well as the Hacienda Boulevard off ramp from westbound SR-60. (c) The eastbound and westbound on ramps and off ramps for Azusa Avenue and Fullerton Road. (d) The eastbound off ramp to Nogales Street and southbound Nogales Street to eastbound and westbound SR-60; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.