BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 8| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: ACR 8 Author: Wood (D) Amended: 5/26/15 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 6/23/15 AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva, McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 4/20/15 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Jesse D. Pittman SO1 Navy SEAL Memorial Bridge SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution designates a specific bridge located on U.S. Highway 101 Willits Bypass in Mendocino County as the Jesse D. Pittman SO1 Navy SEAL Memorial Bridge. ANALYSIS: This resolution designates bridge No. 10-0165 on U.S. Highway 101 Willits Bypass as the Jesse D. Pittman SO1 Navy SEAL Memorial Bridge. This resolution further requests that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the costs. Comments Purpose. The author introduced this bill to honor the life and service of Navy Seal SO1 Jesse D. Pittman. ACR 8 Page 2 Background on Jesse D. Pittman. Jesse D. Pittman was born in Arcata, California and raised in the town of Willits, California. After graduating high school, he spent two seasons as a wild land firefighter with CAL-FIRE before joining the U.S. Navy in 2005 to become a SEAL commando. SO1 Pittman was highly decorated by the Navy, receiving the Joint Service Commendation Medal with "V" device for valor, the Navy Commendation Medal, the Navy Achievement Medal (2), the Combat Action Ribbon, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Navy Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, the Rifle Marksmanship Medal, the Pistol Marksmanship Medal, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star with Valor. SO1 Pittman died August 6, 2011, at age 27 while serving in Afghanistan when the Chinook helicopter that carried him and 30 other American troops was shot down. He is survived by his parents and his brothers. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified7/6/15) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees OPPOSITION: (Verified7/6/15) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 4/20/15 ACR 8 Page 3 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins Prepared by:Holly Glasen / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121 7/7/15 14:05:00 **** END ****