BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: March 14, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
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(Wilk) - As Introduced February 8, 2016
SUBJECT: Simi Valley Police Officer Michael Clark Memorial
Overcrossing
SUMMARY: Designates the First Street Overcrossing of State
Highway Route 118 in the City of Simi Valley as the "Simi Valley
Police Officer Michael Clark Memorial Overcrossing."
Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the life and accomplishments of Michael Clark, patrol
officer with the Simi Valley Police Department.
2)Designates the First Street Overcrossing of State Highway
Route 118 in the City of Simi Valley as the "Simi Valley
Police Officer Michael Clark Memorial Overcrossing."
3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing the specific designation and, upon receiving donations
from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those
signs.
EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways including the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: The author seeks to honor the only Simi Valley
officer to die in the line of duty, Officer Michael Clark.
Officer Clark served in the United State Marine Corps as a Navy
diver in the mid-1980's stationed in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. He
joined the Los Angeles Police Department in May 1989 and was
assigned to the Devonshire Division, where he served as a patrol
officer. Officer Clark later joined the Simi Valley Police
Department in March 1995, where also served as a patrol officer.
On August 4, 1995, Officer Clark was killed in the line of duty
while handling a "check the welfare" call at the request of the
Ventura County Mental Health Department at a residence in Simi
Valley. He was shot by the person he was attempting to assist.
Officer Clark was noted as a thorough investigator and
well-liked by his fellow officers and supervisors. He is
survived by his wife and son. This resolution designating the
First Street Overcrossing is appropriate to memorialize the
service and sacrifice of Officer Clark.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
City of Simi Valley (Sponsor)
Opposition
None of file
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Analysis Prepared by:Melissa White / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093