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           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE       BILL NO: ACR 62
          SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN              AUTHOR:  Calderon
                                                         VERSION: 8/15/13
          Analysis by:  Mark Stivers                     FISCAL:  Yes
          Hearing date:  August 20, 2013



          SUBJECT:

          Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway

          DESCRIPTION:

          This resolution designates a portion of State Route (SR) 72 in  
          the County of Los Angeles as the Detectives Mike Lane and John  
          Pierce Memorial Highway.

          ANALYSIS:

          The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state  
          highways or structures.  Under the policy, the committee will  
          consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following  
          criteria:

           The person being honored must have provided extraordinary  
            public service or some exemplary contribution to the public  
            good and have a connection to the community where the highway  
            is located.
           The person being honored must be deceased.
           The naming must be done without cost to the state.  Costs for  
            signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
           The author or co-author of the measure must represent the  
            district in which the facility is located, and the measure  
            must identify the specific highway segment or structure being  
            named. 
           If the segment of highway is being named for a specific  
            individual or individuals, it must not exceed five miles in  
            length.
           The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus  
            and be without local opposition.
           The proposed designation may not supersede an existing  
            designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith  
            effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior  
            designation.





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           This resolution  designates the portion of SR 72 between Penn  
          Street and Costa Glen Avenue in the City of Whittier as the  
          Detectives Mike Lane and John Pierce Memorial Highway.  The  
          resolution further requests that the Department of  
          Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations  
          from non-state sources to cover the costs.  
          
          COMMENTS:

           1.Purpose of the resolution  .  By naming a portion of SR 72 for  
            Detectives Lane and Pierce, this resolution seeks to  
            memorialize their sacrifice in the line of duty.
           2.Contributions of Detective Lane  .  Mike Lane joined the  
            Whittier Police Department in January of 1968 as a cadet,  
            attaining the position of police officer in May of 1969.  In  
            1973, Detective Lane was assigned to the Criminal Tactical  
            Unit and Major Crime Investigations Unit of the department's  
            Detective Division.  From 1975 to 1977, Detective Lane was a  
            member of the Southeast Burglary Investigation Team, after  
            which he became a detective in the department's Investigative  
            Division, Narcotics Detail.  On December 13, 1979, Detective  
            Lane was working undercover on a motorcycle theft  
            investigation attempting to buy back a stolen motorcycle from  
            a local outlaw motorcycle gang when the suspects confronted  
            him while he was still in his vehicle.  The parties exchanged  
            shots, and Detective Lane sustained fatal injuries.

           3.Contributions of Detective Pierce  .  After a stint in the  
            California National Guard, John Pierce joined the Whittier  
            Police Department in October of 1967 as a uniformed patrol  
            officer.  During the early 1970s, Officer Pierce served as a  
            liaison officer in the Whittier Police Explorer Post.  In  
            1973, Detective Pierce was promoted to the department's  
            Investigative Division and assigned to narcotics and vice.  He  
            later served on the department's SWAT Team.  In 1976,  
            Detective Pierce attained the rank of agent and began serving  
            as a training officer in the Investigative Division.  On  
            September 21, 1976, while working an undercover investigation  
            regarding the sale of narcotics, two subjects assaulted  
            Detective Pierce, who sustained serious injuries.  These  
            injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down and ultimately  
            resulted in his death on May 18, 1977.  In April 1977, the We  
            Tip organization named Detective Pierce a "California  
            Outstanding Narcotics Officer." 

           4.Consistent with committee policy  .  This resolution is  




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            consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy  
            on highway designations.

          Assembly Votes:
               Floor:    Voice vote
               Appr: 17-0
               Trans:    15-0

          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  
          Wednesday,                                             August  
          14, 2013.)

               SUPPORT:  City of Whittier

               OPPOSED:  None received.