BILL NUMBER: ACR 121	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 8, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        JANUARY 20, 2016

   Relative to the  Los Angeles County  Deputy  Sheriff
 Thomas H. Pohlman Memorial Interchange.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 121, as amended, Gomez.  Los Angeles County  Deputy
 Sheriff  Thomas H. Pohlman Memorial Interchange.
   This measure would designate the interchange at State Highway
Route 60 and Interstate 710 in the County of Los Angeles as the 
Los Angeles County  Deputy  Sheriff  Thomas H. Pohlman
Memorial Interchange. The measure would request that the Department
of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that  cost,to   cost, to 
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Thomas H. Pohlman was a sheriff's deputy with the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman was born on July 8,
1950, and was appointed as a sheriff's deputy on May 29, 1973; and
   WHEREAS, On April 19, 1978, Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman was
on patrol when he smelled ether, used in the manufacture of the drug
PCP, coming from a nearby house. As Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman
and his partner approached the house, a man bolted from the home.
Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman pursued the suspect on foot, while
his partner went back to the squad car to radio for assistance.
Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman caught the suspect, and, while the
suspect was being handcuffed, the suspect gained control of Deputy
 Sheriff  Pohlman's revolver and shot him. Deputy 
Sheriff  Pohlman died at the scene; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman honorably served with
the department and bravely gave his life in the service of his
community; and
   WHEREAS, In recognition of Deputy  Sheriff  Pohlman's
commitment and sacrifice while serving and protecting the residents
of the County of Los Angeles, it is a fitting tribute to designate
the interchange at State Highway Route 60 and Interstate 710 in the
County of Los Angeles as the  Los Angeles County  Deputy
 Sheriff  Thomas H. Pohlman Memorial Interchange; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
interchange at State Highway Route 60 and Interstate 710 in the
County of Los Angeles as the  Los Angeles County  Deputy
 Sheriff  Thomas H. Pohlman Memorial Interchange; 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 that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.