BILL NUMBER: ACR 34	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  48
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 9, 2009
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani
   (Coauthor: Senator Lowenthal)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   Relative to the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria Cecilia
Rosa Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 34, Furutani. The Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria
Cecilia Rosa Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 710 in the City of Long Beach as the Los Angeles County Deputy
Sheriff Maria Cecilia Rosa 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.



   WHEREAS, Of all the promises that America offers, none is more
precious or elusive than the right to be free from crime and
violence; and
   WHEREAS, Californians are indebted to our peace officers every
day. We pay special tribute to their bravery and dedication and share
in their pain when one of their members is killed in the line of
duty; and
   WHEREAS, The men and women of law enforcement have the unenviable
task of guaranteeing the public's safety. This task is as difficult
and dangerous as it is important, as evidenced by the death, at 30
years of age, of Deputy Maria Cecilia Rosa of the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Department, who was killed in the line of duty on March 28,
2006, in the City of Long Beach; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Rosa faithfully served the residents of Los
Angeles County as a Deputy Sheriff; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Rosa was a resident of the City of Long Beach and
was deeply committed to education. She was due to graduate from the
California State University, Long Beach, with her Bachelors Degree;
and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the hazardous work,
serious responsibility, and strong commitment that Deputy Rosa
willingly accepted during her six years as a law enforcement officer;
and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Rosa is remembered as a young woman who strived
for perfection in life. She had a captivating smile that would
brighten even the darkest of days. She was an extremely caring
individual who was always willing to go the extra mile to cheer up a
friend. In addition, she was a woman who committed her life to her
family, friends, and her career to Los Angeles County and the safety
of its residents; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That State Highway Route 710 from Wardlow Road to
the Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Long Beach is hereby
designated as the Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Maria Cecilia
Rosa 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 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.