BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 121 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
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|Author: |Gomez |
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|Version: |4/14/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Thomas H. Pohlman
Memorial Interchange
DIGEST: This bill 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.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
1)The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
or structure is located.
2)The person being honored must be deceased.
3)The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the resolution
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must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
in length.
6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
7)The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
designation.
This resolution 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. The Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost,
to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. The purpose of this resolution is to honor the life
and service of Thomas H. Pohlman.
2)Background. Thomas H. Pohlman was born on July 8, 1950, and
was appointed as a deputy in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Department on May 29, 1973. On April 19, 1978, Deputy Sheriff
Pohlman was on patrol approaching a suspected illegal drug
manufacturing site. During an altercation with a suspect,
Sheriff was shot and killed.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
OPPOSITION:
None received
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