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          Bill No:  SCR 64
          Author:   Roth (D)
          Amended:  8/22/13
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE  :  10-0, 8/20/13
          AYES:  DeSaulnier, Gaines, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Lara, Liu,  
            Pavley, Roth, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Hueso

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    Sergeant Gilbert Cortez and K-9 Mattie Memorial  
          Highway

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates a portion of State Highway  
          Route 15 (SR-15) in Riverside County as the Sergeant Gilbert  
          Cortez and K-9 Mattie Memorial Highway.

           ANALYSIS  :    The author introduced this resolution to honor the  
          life and service of Sgt. Gilbert Cortez and his canine partner,  
          Mattie.

           Background
           
          Sgt. Gilbert Cortez started his law enforcement career in 1990  
          when he began working at the Department of Corrections and  
          Rehabilitation.  His first assignment was the Institution for  
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          Men in Chino; a year later he was transferred to the  
          investigative unit at the Calipatria State Prison.  In 2001,  
          Sgt. Cortez was transferred to Norco Prison to complete K-9  
          training, at which time he was partnered with Mattie and  
          assigned to the Southern Regional K-9 Unit. 

          On March 25, 2013, Sgt. Cortez and Mattie were in the lead  
          vehicle of a convoy of a half dozen state corrections K-9  
          officers en route to inspect the La Cima Fire Camp in rural San  
          Diego County.  Sgt. Cortez' patrol vehicle veered off the road  
          and overturned, killing Mattie instantly.  Sgt. Cortez was  
          critically wounded and died shortly after the accident.  The  
          cause of the crash is not known.   

          Sergeant Cortez is survived by his wife, two children, and his  
          parents.

          This resolution designates the portion of SR-15 from Second  
          Street in Norco to Limonite Avenue in Eastvale in Riverside  
          County as the "Sergeant Gilbert Cortez, Sr. and K-9 Mattie  
          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.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  Yes



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