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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 14
Author: Yamada (D)
Amended: 5/14/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 5/7/13
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Liu
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 4/22/13 (Consent) - See last page for
votes
SUBJECT : Deputy Tony Diaz Memorial Rest Area
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates the rest area on
Interstate 5 in Dunnigan as the Deputy Tony Diaz, Yolo County
Sheriffs Office, Memorial Rest Area.
ANALYSIS : This resolution seeks to memorialize Deputy Tony
Diaz's sacrifice in the line of duty by naming a rest area in
Dunnigan.
Deputy Diaz' contributions . After immigrating to Dixon from
Mexico as a child, Jose Antonio "Tony" Diaz worked tirelessly in
the fields of farmers in Solano County as a teenager and later
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assisted farmworkers as Assistant Program Services Manager with
the Human Development Corporation. In 1999, the Yolo County
Information Technology Department hired Mr. Diaz and assigned
him to the Yolo County Sheriff's Office, where he became
interested in law enforcement and attended the Yuba College
Police Academy. The Yolo County Sheriff's Office hired Deputy
Diaz on August 22, 2004. His peers described him as a gentle,
hardworking man who was proud of his family and community. On
June 15, 2008, Deputy Diaz attempted to stop a known parolee
suspected of driving under the influence with a child in the
vehicle. After the suspect failed to yield, Deputy Diaz pursued
and stopped the driver in the town of Dunnigan. The suspect
fled on foot. While Deputy Diaz checked on the child in the
vehicle, he was shot from behind, succumbing to his injuries a
few hours later.
This resolution designates the rest area on Interstate 5 in
Dunnigan as the Deputy Tony Diaz, Yolo County Sheriff's Office,
Memorial Rest Area. This resolution further requests 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 6/25/13)
California Police Chiefs Association, Inc.
Yolo County Sheriff's Office
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 4/22/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Lowenthal, Vacancy
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JA:k 6/25/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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