BILL NUMBER: ACR 100 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 27, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bonnie Lowenthal and Jeffries
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Blumenfield,
Bonilla, Buchanan, Eng, Feuer, Furutani, Galgiani,
Harkey, Miller, and Solorio)
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
Relative to the Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path ,
the Ohlone Costanoan Highway, the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S.
Bessant Memorial Highway, the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J.
Campbell Memorial Highway, and the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial
Highway .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 100, as amended, Bonnie Lowenthal. Mark Bixby Memorial Bicycle
Pedestrian Path. Path, the Ohlone Costanoan
Highway, the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S. Bessant Memorial
Highway, the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial
Highway, and the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway.
This measure would (1) designate the bicycle pedestrian
path on the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge on State Highway Route
710, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Mark Bixby Memorial
Bicycle Pedestrian Path , (2) designate a portion of State
Highway Route 129, in the County of Santa Cruz, as the Ohlone
Costanoan Highway, (3) designate a portion of State Highway Route 5,
in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer Daniel S.
Bessant Memorial Highway, (4) designate a portion of State Highway
Route 101, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police
Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway, and (5)
designate a portion of State Highway Route 10, in the City of
Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer Memorial Highway
. This measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this these special designation
designations and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
WHEREAS, Mark Llewellyn Bixby was a member of one of the founding
families of the City of Long Beach; and
WHEREAS, Mark Bixby was a past president of the Long Beach Rotary
Club, which was instrumental in raising money to build Rotary
Centennial Park, located on Pacific Coast Highway (State Highway
Route 1) and Junipero Avenue in the City of Long Beach; and
WHEREAS, Mark Bixby was the director of the BikeFest Tour of Long
Beach and was a vocal proponent of adding bicycle lanes to the
replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge; and
WHEREAS, Mark Bixby tragically lost his life in a plane crash in
2011 at 44 years of age; now, therefore, be it
and
WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people have contributed over 13,000
years of cultural, economic, and environmental traditions to the
history of the Pajaro Valley; and
WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people settled in the Pajaro Valley,
near the Pajaro River, and in the Watsonville wetlands and sloughs.
These areas are rich in natural resources and contain an abundance of
plant and sea life used for commerce and everyday life; and
WHEREAS, The Ohlone Costanoan people have contributed to the
present-day understanding of Native American culture and history and
continue to work diligently to preserve the environment and teach
people how to coexist with Earth; and
WHEREAS, Officer Daniel S. Bessant was born in Oceanside,
California, on October 16, 1981; and
WHEREAS, Officer Bessant attended local schools in Oceanside where
his father served as a member of the faculty; and
WHEREAS, Officer Bessant served with the Oceanside Police
Department for six years, three years as a police officer and three
years as a civilian with the department; and
WHEREAS, On December 20, 2006, Officer Bessant was killed in the
line of duty while assisting another officer with a traffic stop and
was shot from behind by a gang member who was not involved in the
traffic stop; and
WHEREAS, Officer Bessant was only 25 years of age at the time he
was killed; and
WHEREAS, Officer Bessant is survived by his wife, Katelyn, and
son, Wyatt, who was two months old at the time; and
WHEREAS, Officer Bessant's father, in his role as a teacher, had
tried unsuccessfully to intervene with one of the gang members
convicted of killing Officer Bessant after noticing that the young
man was becoming involved with gangs; and
WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Bessant's service and sacrifice, it
would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway
Route 5, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer
Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell was born in
Valley City, North Dakota. His father was a doctor who served
honorably in World War I. Officer Campbell's parents were of Scottish
descent; and
WHEREAS, Officer Campbell, at 13 years of age, moved to Los
Angeles with his mother, Chrissie, after his father died of cancer;
and
WHEREAS, Officer Campbell attended and graduated from Fairfax High
School, and then attended Los Angeles City College; and
WHEREAS, At approximately 12 years of age, Officer Campbell
started playing the bagpipes, taking lessons from renowned Pipe Major
David Aitken, winning best bagpiper in the novice category at the
Scottish Highland Games held in Santa Monica; and
WHEREAS, At 19 years of age, Officer Campbell enlisted in the
United States Marine Corps, where he was trained as a radio operator,
served two combat tours during the Korean War, and was honorably
discharged from the Marine Corps as a Staff Sergeant, having been
awarded the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service
Medal, Korean Service Medal with four bronze stars, and the United
Nations Korean Service Medal; and
WHEREAS, Upon his discharge from the Marine Corps, Officer
Campbell returned to Los Angeles and attended undergraduate school at
the University of California at Los Angeles; and
WHEREAS, Officer Campbell entered the Los Angeles Police Academy
and, on May 5, 1958, he graduated from the academy, successfully
completing his probationary period as a Los Angeles police officer
while assigned to the West Los Angeles Police Station, thereafter
being transferred to the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police
Department (LAPD); and
WHEREAS, On March 9, 1963, Officer Campbell was conducting a stop
of a suspicious vehicle at Gower Street and Carlos Avenue in
Hollywood when he was kidnapped at gunpoint, forcibly taken to a
deserted onion field south of Bakersfield, and executed; and
WHEREAS, Officer Campbell was 31 years of age at the time of his
death and had served the LAPD for five years; and
WHEREAS, On March 13, 1963, bagpipes were played for the first
time for an officer of the LAPD at the funeral of Officer Campbell, a
tradition that continues to this day following the line-of-duty
death of every LAPD officer; and
WHEREAS, On June 26, 1965, as a memorial to Officer Campbell, the
Ian Campbell Memorial Trophy was awarded to the best aggregate
bagpiper in the novice category at the Scottish Highland Games, a
tradition that continues to this day; and
WHEREAS, Officer Campbell is survived by his two daughters,
Valerie and Lori, grandchildren, and great grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Campbell's service and sacrifice, it
would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway
Route 101, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police
Officer Ian J. Campbell Memorial Highway; and
WHEREAS, On July 10, 2011, at approximately 2:30 a.m., Officer
Ryan Stringer was killed in a tragic accident while responding to a
possible robbery in the rear parking lot of 100 North First Street in
the City of Alhambra; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was 26 years old and had served with the
Alhambra Police Department for two years; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was born in the City of Los Angeles and
grew up in the City of Whittier, graduating from Whittier Christian
High School; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer attended Fullerton College and Rio Hondo
Community College after working for his father's construction
business for several years; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer entered the Police Academy at Rio Hondo
and graduated in February of 2009; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer was sworn in as an Alhambra Police
Officer on February 26, 2009; and
WHEREAS, During his two-year tenure with the Alhambra Police
Department, Officer Stringer worked in the Field Services Division,
Patrol Section; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer showed his friendship, camaraderie,
teamwork, and competitive drive as a member of the Alhambra Police
Department's Baker-to-Vegas Challenge Cup Relay Team; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer displayed his determination and will to
succeed during his recovery from a life-threatening motorcycle
accident that occurred in July 2010. After spending several weeks in
a coma and being temporarily disabled, Officer Stringer made a full
recovery within six months and returned to active duty as a police
officer in January 2011; and
WHEREAS, Coworkers, friends, and family recall Officer Stringer's
good-natured disposition, healthy sense of humor, strong sense of
adventure, and desire to excel at whatever he set out to do; and
WHEREAS, Officer Stringer is survived by his parents, Sonny and
Debbie Stringer, and four sisters: Kristen Stringer-Bartel, Kym
Genes, Dana Stringer, and Donna McCulloch; and
WHEREAS, In honor of Officer Stringer's service and sacrifice, it
would be a fitting tribute to designate a portion of State Highway
Route 10, in the City of Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer
Memorial Highway; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
bicycle pedestrian path on the replacement Gerald Desmond Bridge on
State Highway Route 710, in the County of Los Angeles, as the Mark
Bixby Memorial Bicycle Pedestrian Path; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of
State Highway 129 between Blackburn Street and Murphy Crossing Road,
in the County of Santa Cruz, as the Ohlone Costanoan Highway; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of
State Highway Route 5 between Harbor Drive and State Highway Route
78, in the County of San Diego, as the Oceanside Police Officer
Daniel S. Bessant Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of
State Highway Route 101 between Hollywood Boulevard (milepost marker
6.520) and Cahuenga Boulevard (milepost marker 7.459), in the County
of Los Angeles, as the Los Angeles Police Officer Ian J. Campbell
Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of
State Highway Route 10 between South Marguerita Avenue (milepost
marker 23.12) and South Almansor Street (milepost marker 24.31), in
the City of Alhambra, as the Officer Ryan Stringer 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
each of these special designation
designations and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost of the sign for
which the donations were made , to erect those signs
that sign ; 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.