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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 20
Author: Bill Berryhill (R)
Amended: 6/16/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/9/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/11/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial
Interchange
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the interchange
between State Highway 99 and Whitmore Avenue in the City of
Ceres as the Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial
Interchange."
ANALYSIS : Sergeant Howard K. "Howie" Stevenson was born
on February 18, 1965, and on June 3, 1986, at 21 years of
age, became a peace officer with the Ceres Police
Department.
On January 9, 2005, while responding to a call for
assistance at a local liquor store, Sergeant Stevenson and
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fellow officers were ambushed and met with a hail of
gunfire from an assault rifle. He died almost instantly.
Sergeant Stevenson was the first police officer in the
86-year history of the City of Ceres to be killed in the
line of duty.
On the morning of January 18, 2005, when Sergeant Stevenson
was laid to rest, Chief Art de Werk eulogized Sergeant
Stevenson in glowing terms and concluded his remarks with
"and to you Howie: secure your gun and hang up your duty
belt. You've made the difficult sacrifice as a hero, dying
in the service of your fellow man. You are cleared of your
watch."
Sergeant Stevenson is remembered affectionately by his
fellow officers as being a role model and mentor to younger
officers, and as being "a cops' cop." Sergeant Stevenson
is survived by his wife Kathy, daughters Megan and Mikeala,
and son Bryce.
By designating this interchange as the "Sergeant Howard K.
Stevenson Memorial Interchange," this resolution seeks to
recognize and honor the sacrifices made by Sergeant
Stevenson in the line of duty.
This resolution:
1. Designates the interchange between State Highway (SR) 99
and Whitmore Avenue in the City of Ceres as the
"Sergeant Howard K. Stevenson Memorial Interchange."
2. Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state
highway system, and, upon receiving donation from
nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect
those signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
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Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, 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, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,
Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel
Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Duvall, Yamada
JJA:do 6/30/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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