BILL NUMBER: SCR 43	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  98
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Buchanan, and Frazier)

                        MAY 20, 2013

   Relative to the CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial
Undercrossing.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 43, DeSaulnier. CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial
Undercrossing.
   This measure would designate a specified undercrossing on State
Highway Route 680 in Contra Costa County as the CHP Officer Kenyon
Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing. 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.




   WHEREAS, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officer Kenyon Marc
Youngstrom was born October 8, 1974, in Pasadena, California; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom graduated from Arlington High
School in Riverside in 1993, and attended California Baptist
University in Riverside, as well as Napa Valley College, in Napa; and

   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom, from a young age, recognized the
importance of public service, and was known as a hard worker who
always gave back to his community; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom served as a member of the United
States Army Reserve for six years, achieving the rank of an E-4
Specialist; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom entered the CHP Academy in August
2005 and graduated in February 2006 (badge number 18063), and was
initially assigned to the Contra Costa area; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom, after serving nearly three years
in the Contra Costa area, voluntarily transferred to the Golden Gate
Division as a member of the Field Support Unit, where he served as a
distinguished member of the Protective Services Detail, responsible
for providing protection to various dignitaries, heads of state,
legislators, and other VIPs visiting the San Francisco Bay Area; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom transferred back to the Contra
Costa area in August 2012 where he spent the remainder of his career;
and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom performed several duties over the
course of his career, and because of his exceptional skills as an
officer, he served as a mentor and recruiter for new officers to the
CHP, as well as a RADAR and LIDAR instructor; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom, while assisting a fellow officer
on September 4, 2012, with an enforcement stop on State Highway Route
680 (Interstate 680), was critically shot by the driver of the
stopped vehicle, and passed away the following day at the John Muir
Medical Center in Walnut Creek; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom, upon his death, gave the gift of
life through organ and tissue donation, helping to save the lives of
four individuals; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom was a man of family and faith, and
was a member of the Community Bible Church of Vallejo ; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom is survived by his wife, Karen,
four children, Alexander, Madison, Andrew, and Kennedy, his parents,
Gaylord and Jill Youngstrom, four brothers, and a sister; and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom, as a father, leaves behind a
legacy, instilled in his children, of a sense of respect and dignity;
and
   WHEREAS, CHP Officer Youngstrom is admired for his
professionalism, dedication, honesty, loyalty, respect, and courage;
now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the life, achievements, and distinguished
career of CHP Officer Kenyon Marc Youngstrom, and his ultimate
sacrifice while performing honorable and faithful service to the
people of California as a CHP officer, are hereby recognized and
honored; and be it further
   Resolved, That the State Highway Route 680 undercrossing at
Livorna Road below Bridge No. 28-191 in Contra Costa County is hereby
designated as the CHP Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial
Undercrossing; 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.