BILL NUMBER: ACR 170	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  181
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Holden

                        AUGUST 4, 2014

   Relative to the Pasadena Police Agent Richard Morris Memorial
Highway.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 170, Holden. Pasadena Police Agent Richard Morris Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 210 in the City of Pasadena as the Pasadena Police Agent
Richard Morris Memorial Highway. The measure would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, Pasadena Police Agent Richard Frank Morris was born on
March 11, 1940 and grew up in Temple City and Rosemead, attending
Muscatel Junior High School and Rosemead High School in the San
Gabriel Valley; and
   WHEREAS, Richard Morris was an active youth involved in numerous
community activities, school sports programs, and service activities;
and
   WHEREAS, Between 1958 and 1960, Richard Morris attended Mt. San
Antonio College, graduating with an Associate's Degree in Political
Science prior to enlisting in the United State Marine Corps Reserve;
and
   WHEREAS, Richard Morris directed his commitment to public service
and sense of adventure into a career in police work, joining the
Pasadena Police Department in February of 1962 and entering the basic
training academy; and
   WHEREAS, Richard Morris graduated from the police academy training
program on March 30, 1962, and began his career as a police officer
in the City of Pasadena; and
   WHEREAS, Richard Morris was promoted to the rank of Police Agent
in the Detective, Narcotics Unit in February of 1968; and
   WHEREAS, Throughout his tenure with the Pasadena Police
Department, Police Agent Morris was regarded as a rising star within
the police force; and
   WHEREAS, Police Agent Morris was protecting the ideals and values
of the Pasadena community when he was shot and killed in the line of
duty on March 13, 1969, while pursuing an assault suspect; and
   WHEREAS, The death of Police Agent Morris touched many people in
Pasadena; and
   WHEREAS, Police Agent Morris is remembered within the City of
Pasadena for his honor, courage, and commitment to the residents of
the City of Pasadena; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 210 from Rosemead Boulevard on the
east to Allen Avenue on the west in the City of Pasadena as the
Pasadena Police Agent Richard Morris Memorial Highway; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of erecting appropriate signs, consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system, showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.