BILL NUMBER: SCR 23	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        MARCH 13, 2013

   Relative to the Soledad Correctional Officers Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 23, as amended, Cannella. Soledad  State Prison 
Correctional Officers Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 101 in the County of Monterey as the Soledad  State Prison
 Correctional Officers Memorial Highway to honor John V. Mills,
William C. Shull, Robert J. McCarthy, and Kenneth E. Conant with
their names included in the designation of the highway. The measure
would also 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.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Between January 1970 and May 1971, four correctional
officers were attacked and killed in the line of duty at the 
Salinas Valley State Prison   California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation Correctional Training Facility  ,
formerly known as the Soledad State Prison, in a string of violent
inmate uprisings; and
   WHEREAS, John V. Mills, born on July 19, 1944, in Riverside,
California, grew up in Fresno, attended Long Beach State College,
served two years in the Army, and had just been assigned to the
medium security Y-Wing in relief of another  guard 
 officer  who was on vacation; and
   WHEREAS, On  July 19   January 16  ,
1970, Officer Mills was locked in the cell block with 95 inmates, and
was attacked and beaten to death at approximately 6:30 p.m. by
 three  inmates in retaliation for the shooting
deaths of three other inmates at the prison; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Mills was a 14-month veteran correctional officer
of the prison and resident of Monterey, who left a widow,
Bernadette, and a son, Michael Lee; and
   WHEREAS, William C. Shull, born on June 13, 1930, in Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, attended Gettysburg High School, served 22 years in the
Army, retiring with the rank of Master Sergeant, and was awarded the
Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal; and
   WHEREAS, On July 23, 1970, Officer Shull was assigned to the
recreational building 1-Yard exercise area in relief of another
 guard   officer  who was unable to work
that day, and was found lifeless at 9:30 a.m. by an inmate, having
been beaten and stabbed to death by inmates in retaliation for the
shooting deaths of three other inmates at the prison; and
   WHEREAS, Officer Shull was a one-year veteran correctional officer
of the prison and resident of Seaside, who left a widow, Kazuko, and
four girls, Gracie, Sarah, Betty, and Rose; and
   WHEREAS, Robert J. McCarthy, born on August 8, 1927, in Oklahoma,
served 21 years in the Army, retiring with the rank of Sergeant; and
   WHEREAS, On March 4, 1971, Officer McCarthy was conducting a count
of the inmates in X-Wing, at 11:15 p.m., when an inmate, claiming he
needed to mail a letter, lured Officer McCarthy to his cell door and
stabbed him; and
   WHEREAS, Valiant efforts by hospital staff and an inmate in the
infirmary stabilized Officer McCarthy's condition, but he died after
he was transferred to the military hospital at Fort Ord; and
   WHEREAS, Officer McCarthy was a veteran correctional officer of
the prison since 1966 and a resident of the City of Marina, who left
a widow, Emily, and two children, Leon and Sylvia; and
   WHEREAS, Kenneth E. Conant, born on December 6, 1921, in Denver,
Colorado, attended the University of Denver and the University of
Southern California; and
   WHEREAS, On May 19, 1971, Mr. Conant, a correctional employee 
,  was sitting at his desk preparing to conduct a disciplinary
committee hearing with  several inmates and  
two  prison  employees   officials 
when they were attacked by two inmates  who entered the office
 with handmade knives, and Mr. Conant was fatally stabbed while
the  other  prison officials received minor
injuries; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Conant was a 20-year veteran of corrections work and
a resident of Salinas, who left a widow, Helen, and a son, Donald;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 101 between Exit 303 and Exit 310 in
the County of Monterey as the Soledad  State  Prison
Correctional Officers Memorial Highway to honor John V. Mills,
William C. Shull, Robert J. McCarthy, and Kenneth E. Conant, whose
names shall be included in the special designation of the highway;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.