BILL NUMBER: SCR 38	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Runner)

                        APRIL 11, 2007

   Relative to Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 38, as introduced, Cedillo. Los Angeles Police Officer Steven
Gajda Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified segment of State Highway
Route 60 in the City of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Police Officer
Steven Gajda Memorial Highway. The measure would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate
signs showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those
signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda was born on October 30, 1968, in Parkridge,
Illinois; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda served as a helicopter crew member in the
United States Army; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda entered the Los Angeles Police Academy on
May 21, 1990, where he earned a reputation as a conscientious cadet;
and
   WHEREAS, After his appointment as an officer with the Los Angeles
Police Department, Steven Gajda was assigned to the department's
anti-gang unit, called the Community Resources Against Street
Hoodlums (CRASH) unit, which operates in the most violent
neighborhoods in Los Angeles; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda, while serving in the CRASH unit, was shot
on December 31, 1997, when identified gang members wanted on murder
charges were fleeing the scene of a New Year's Eve disturbance; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda died from these injuries the following day,
January 1, 1998, his wife's birthday; and
   WHEREAS, The men and women of law enforcement have the unenviable
task of guaranteeing the public's safety, and it is as difficult and
dangerous as it is important, as evidenced by the death of Steven
Gajda who was killed in the line of duty; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda was known as an officer who was willing to
accept responsibility and for his humor and artistic talents, drawing
caricatures that showed life with the CRASH unit, and his spirit
always brought support to his fellow officers; and
   WHEREAS, Steven Gajda is survived by his wife, Belinda; his
children, Brandon and Brittany; his father, Steve; his mother,
Christine Hester; and his brothers, Mark, Scott, and Brian; and
   WHEREAS, It would be a fitting tribute to Steven Gajda to name a
segment of State Highway Route 60 as the Los Angeles Police Officer
Steven Gajda Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
segment of State Highway Route 60 between its interchange with State
Highway Route 10 at post-mile .118 and the Indiana Street overpass at
post-mile 1.94 in the City of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles Police
Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting 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 Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.