BILL NUMBER: ACR 63	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  115
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2005
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Negrete McLeod
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Bermudez)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bass, Benoit, Bogh, Calderon,
Canciamilla, Chavez, Cohn, Dymally, Jerome Horton, Huff, Karnette,
Klehs, Liu, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Parra, Pavley, Salinas, Spitzer, and
Torrico)
   (Coauthor: Senator Soto)

                        MAY 2, 2005

   Relative to the CYA Counselor Ineasie M. Baker Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 63, Negrete McLeod   CYA Counselor Ineasie M. Baker Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would designate State Highway Route 60 from Milliken
Avenue to Euclid Avenue the CYA Counselor Ineasie M. Baker Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would also request the Department of Transportation
to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special
designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs.




   WHEREAS, Peace officers in California's Department of the
California Youth Authority (CYA) are recognized as working in an
environment that is both professionally challenging and potentially
dangerous, as demonstrated by tragic events; and
   WHEREAS, Ineasie M. Baker was born in Keachie, Louisiana, on
October 12, 1953, and at the age of 17 she moved with her family to
Los Angeles and graduated from Freemont High School in 1971; and
   WHEREAS, In 1975, Ineasie M. Baker, graduated from California
State University, Fullerton with a degree in Physical Education; and
   WHEREAS, After graduating from California State University,
Fullerton, Ineasie M. Baker worked as a supervisor for Laura Scudders
for more than 10 years before gaining an interest in criminal
justice. After successfully graduating from the academy, she became a
correctional officer and was later promoted to a counselor. She was
employed by the CYA for 13 years; and
   WHEREAS, Ineasie M. Baker was highly respected and often worked
long hours to fulfill the needs of others. She was known as a
"dedicated and inspirational counselor whose main concern was the
wards"; and
   WHEREAS, On August 9, 1996, Ineasie M. Baker was slain at the
Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, an institution for young
adult criminals, where she worked; and
   WHEREAS, The homicide is the first ever of a peace officer at a
CYA facility; and
   WHEREAS, Ineasie M. Baker made her family her most important
priority, and her family was her joy, and she enjoyed shopping,
playing bingo, attending concerts, spending time with her mother,
Mary Maxie, and taking trips to Las Vegas with her husband, Donald
Baker; and
   WHEREAS, Ineasie M. Baker is survived by her husband Donald Baker,
daughter Tiffany Baker, stepdaughter Cynthia Baker, granddaughter
Bria Ineasie Boone, stepgrandsons Dominic Cloy, Kelvin Owens, and
Qwaylie Owens, and parents Fred D. Maxie and Mary Maxie; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to memorialize the sacrifice of CYA
Counselor Ineasie M. Baker by naming State Highway Route 60 from
Milliken Avenue to Euclid Avenue the CYA Counselor Ineasie M. Baker
Memorial Freeway; and
   WHEREAS, The recognition of Ineasie M. Baker by this resolution is
an expression of the Legislature's gratitude for both her service to
California and for giving the greatest measure of sacrifice, her
life, while serving in her professional capacity; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates State
Highway Route 60 from Milliken Avenue to Euclid Avenue the CYA
Counselor Ineasie M. Baker Memorial Freeway; 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 that cost, to erect those signs; 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.