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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 30
Author: Anderson (R)
Amended: 6/14/11
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM. : 7-0, 6/21/11
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Huff, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Rubio,
Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman, Pavley
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway
SOURCE : California Association of Highway Patrolmen
DIGEST : This resolution names a section of State Highway
Route 15 in San Diego County as the CHP Officer Dan N.
Benavides Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS : The author introduced this resolution as a
tribute to the life and work of CHP Officer Dan N.
Benavides, who died in the line of duty.
Background on Dan Benavides . Daniel Nava Benavides was
born in Monterrey, Mexico and raised in San Jose,
California. He graduated from Andrew Hill High School in
San Jose in 1989, and then attended Cuesta College in San
Luis Obispo. In 1997, Officer Benavides, graduated from
the California Highway Patrol Academy as a pilot officer.
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After 33 months of service in the Monterey area, Officer
Benavides served in San Jose from 1999 to 2000, in San
Diego from 2000 to 2003, in Oceanside from 2003 to 2005,
and in the Border Division Thermal Air Operations Unit from
2005 to 2010. On May 7, 2010, Officer Benavides began his
shift working speed enforcement for the air operations
unit. Approximately two hours later, Officer Benavides was
in route to State Highway Route 8 to work speed enforcement
in the El Centro area when his Cessna 206 airplane crashed
in a remote area of the Anza-Borrego Desert in Borrego
Springs, California.
Officer Benavides was a hard-working, dedicated officer who
loved his job and enjoyed the people with whom he worked.
His greatest joys were his wife and daughter and spending
time with friends and family. Officer Benavides is
survived by his wife, Megan, their daughter, Madeline, his
mother, Consuelo, and stepfather Forrest Hilton.
This resolution designates the portion of State Route 15 in
San Diego County between Gopher Canyon Road and the Old
Highway 395 overcrossing as the "CHP Officer Dan N.
Benavides Memorial Highway." This resolution further
requests that the Department of Transportation erect
appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state
sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/11/11)
California Association of Highway Patrolmen (source)
JJA:mw 7/12/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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