California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 123

Introduced by Assembly Member Steinorth

January 21, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 123—Relative to the Sheriff’s Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr. Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 123, as introduced, Steinorth. Sheriff’s Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 15 in the County of San Bernardino as the Sheriff’s Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Ronald Wayne Ives was born in Norwalk,
California, in 1961. He grew up in the Cities of Buena Park and
Lakewood, and graduated from Chaffey High School in the City
of Ontario, California; and

WHEREAS, Ronald Wayne Ives became a deputy sheriff for
the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on January 2,
1996, after graduating from the Sheriff’s Training Academy.
Deputy Sheriff Ives was originally assigned to the West Valley
Detention Center before being promoted and assigned to Patrol at
the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station in 1999; and

WHEREAS, In 2002, Deputy Sheriff Ives rode his bicycle from
the City of Rancho Cucamonga to New York City. The ride raised
money for the survivors of public safety personnel who died in
the September 11, 2001, attacks. The Rancho Cucamonga Police
Department honors this act annually during the “Ron Ives Bicycle
Rodeo”; and

WHEREAS, On September 1, 2004, Deputy Sheriff Ives was
killed while on patrol in the Rancho Cucamonga area when an
SUV ran a red light and struck his motorcycle at approximately
50 miles per hour; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Ives was transported to Arrowhead
Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries
approximately one hour later; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Ives served with the San
Bernanrdino County Sheriff’s Department for eight years. He was
survived by his wife, Karen, and his son, Blake; and

WHEREAS, Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., was born in Pomona,
California, in 1970. He grew up in the Cities of Pomona and
Montclair, and graduated from Montclair High School; and

WHEREAS, Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., became a deputy sheriff for
the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on July 4, 1994,
after graduating from the Sheriff’s Training Academy. He was
originally assigned to the West Valley Detention Center before
being promoted and assigned to Patrol at the Rancho Cucamonga
Sheriff’s Station in 1998; and

WHEREAS, On October 11, 2005, Deputy Sheriff Lobo was
killed in a vehicle accident with his motorcycle while responding
to the scene of another crash in the City of Rancho Cucamonga.
Deputy Sheriff Lobo was traveling behind another motor officer
and a squad car when a vehicle pulled out of a parking lot into
their path. All of the responding units had their emergency
equipment activated; and

WHEREAS, The other motor officer and the squad car were
able to swerve out of the car’s path, but Deputy Sheriff Lobo’s
motorcycle struck the rear of the car. He was thrown approximately
50 feet as the result of the impact. He was flown to Arrowhead
Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries
approximately one hour later; and

WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Lobo served with the San
Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department for 11 years and was
survived by his wife, Jennifer, and his three daughters, Kiley,
Kadie, and Maddison; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State Highway Route 15 from its junction with State
Highway Route 210 to Sierra Avenue in the County of San
Bernardino, California, as the Sheriff’s Deputies Ronald Wayne
Ives and Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway; 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.