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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 70
Author: Smyth (R), et al.
Amended: 9/7/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 9/6/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E.
McCabe
Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill designates a segment of State Route 5
as the CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe
Memorial Highway."
ANALYSIS : Gayle Wesley Wood, Jr. was born in 1937, in
Barstow, California, and graduated as the president of his
class from the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Academy in
1969. After a year at the Santa Ana area office, CHP
Officer Wood was transferred to motorcycle duty in the
South Los Angeles Area before being transferred to the Van
Nuys Airport in 1973, where he spent the remainder of his
career as a helicopter pilot.
James Edward McCabe was born in 1944, in Los Angeles, and
served as a helicopter pilot in the United States Army Air
Operations Division in Vietnam before graduating from the
CHP Academy in 1971. While assigned to the West Los
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Angeles Area Office, CHP Officer McCabe earned his
emergency medical technician and paramedic certificates,
and was transferred between several offices before his
final assignment at the Van Nuys Airport.
While finishing an air patrol near Castaic Lake on
September 1, 1978, Officer Wood and Officer McCabe were
killed when their helicopter was destroyed after striking a
power line support tower that was not visible in the
darkness.
Both officers are remembered for their love of recreational
flying and spending time with their families, as well as
the dedication they both showed towards their jobs.
Officer Wood is survived by his mother, brothers, wife,
children, and grandchildren, and Officer McCabe is survived
by his siblings, wife, stepdaughter, and grandchildren.
This resolution:
1. Recounts the lives and careers of Gayle Wood, Jr. and
James McCabe, two CHP officers who were killed in the
line of duty.
2. Designates the segment of SR 5 between Palomas Wash
Bridge and five miles north of Palomas Wash Bridge, in
the County of Los Angeles, as the "CHP Officers Gayle W.
Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial Highway."
3. Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
determine the costs 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 9/6/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
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Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara,
Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea,
V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gordon, Gorell, Mendoza, Norby, Skinner
JJA:mw 9/7/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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