BILL NUMBER: ACR 41	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  52
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 13, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 13, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mitchell

                        MARCH 21, 2011

   Relative to the CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 41, Mitchell. CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 405 in the City of Los Angeles as the CHP Officer Philip Dennis
Ortiz Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the
Department of Transportation 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, Philip Dennis Ortiz was born June 27, 1961, in Santa
Monica, California; and
   WHEREAS, Philip graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1979
and attended Santa Monica City College; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol (CHP),
Philip worked for a local supermarket; however, he always had a dream
of becoming a CHP Officer; and
   WHEREAS, On December 23,1982, CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz,
badge number 10428, graduated from the CHP Academy and was assigned
to the central Los Angeles area office; and
   WHEREAS, After more than seven years of service in the central Los
Angeles area, Officer Ortiz was transferred to the west Los Angeles
area, where he spent the remainder of his career; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Ortiz performed several duties over the course of
his career, some of which included a motorcycle officer, a
motorcycle officer in charge of training the officers who
successfully passed motor school, a weapons/range officer, a physical
methods of arrest (PMA) instructor, and protective services detail
(PSD); and
   WHEREAS, Philip Dennis Ortiz was married to his best friend,
Jessica, in 1983, and couldn't have been happier; and
   WHEREAS, On June 22, 2010, CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz pulled
a vehicle over for a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane violation.
While approaching the vehicle, another car was driving along the
shoulder and struck Officer Ortiz and his motorcycle; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Ortiz was transported to the Ronald Reagan UCLA
Medical Center where he remained until his passing almost two weeks
later; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz is survived by his wife,
Jessica, sister, Anna, mother, Irene, and stepfather, Claude; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Ortiz is admired for his professionalism,
dedication, honesty, loyalty, respect, courage, and "espirit de
corps." He consistently represented the best of the CHP and was an
outstanding role model; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 405 from Venice Boulevard to National
Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles as the CHP Officer Philip Dennis
Ortiz Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent with
the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this
special designation, and upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering the 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.