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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 43
Author: DeSaulnier (D), et al.
Amended: 6/3/13
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/11/13
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso,
Lara, Liu, Pavley, Roth, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution names the Livorna Road Undercrossing
of State Highway Route (SR) 680 in Contra Costa County as the
Officer Kenyon Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing.
ANALYSIS : The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and service of Kenyon Youngstrom.
Background on Kenyon Youngstrom . Born in 1974 in Pasadena,
California, Kenyon Youngstrom graduated from high school in
Riverside in 1993. He attended college in both Riverside and
Napa counties, and then in 2005, entered the California Highway
Patrol (CHP) Academy. He graduated six months later and began
his service with the CHP in the Contra Costa area. Officer
Youngstrom served in both the Contra Costa area and the Golden
Gate Division in his seven-year CHP career.
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On September 4, 2012, Officer Youngstrom stopped on the shoulder
of southbound SR 680, near Livorna Road in Alamo, to check on a
deer carcass. At approximately 8:20 AM another officer radioed
that he was pulling over a vehicle for an obstructed license
plate. As the vehicle approached Officer Youngstrom's position,
Officer Youngstrom signaled for the driver to pull in behind his
parked patrol car.
After the vehicle stopped, Officer Youngstrom began speaking
with the driver as the other officer parked behind them.
Officer Youngstrom was still speaking with the subject when the
man suddenly pulled a handgun and shot him in the head through
the window, knocking Officer Youngstrom into the travel lane of
the highway. The other officer immediately returned fire,
killing the subject.
Officer Youngstrom was transported to John Muir Medical Center
where he remained on life support until succumbing to his wound
the next day. Officer Youngstrom is survived by his wife,
Karen, and their four children, Alexander, Madison, Andrew, and
Kennedy, as well as his mother and five siblings.
This resolution designates the SR 680 undercrossing at Livorna
Road in the County of Contra Costa as the Officer Kenyon
Youngstrom Memorial Undercrossing. The resolution further
requests that 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 Association of Highway Patrolmen
JA:nl 6/25/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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