BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 134 Hearing Date: 6/28/2016
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|Author: |Wilk |
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|Version: |2/8/2016 |
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|Urgency: | No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Simi Valley Police Officer Michael Clark Memorial
Overcrossing
DIGEST: This resolution 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.
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 First Street Overcrossing of
State Highway Route 118 in the City of Simi Valley as the Simi
Valley Police Officer Michael Clark Memorial Overcrossing. The
Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost
of appropriate signs and upon receiving sufficient donations
from nonstate sources, to erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and
service of Michael Clark.
2)Background. Michael Clark was born in Massachusetts on August
12, 1966. His family later moved to Ventura County, raising
him in Thousand Oaks, where he graduated from Westlake High
School. Mr. Clark served in the United States Marine Corps
from December 1984 to August 1988 as a Navy diver. Mr. Clark
achieved a lifelong goal of becoming a police officer when he
joined the Los Angeles Police Department in May 1989. On
August 4, 1995, Officer Clark was killed while on duty
handling a "check the welfare" call at a residence in Simi
Valley, where he was shot with a semi-automatic handgun by the
person he was attempting to assist.
Officer Clark is survived by his wife and a son.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
Assembly Votes:
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Floor: 77-0
Appr: 18-0
Trans: 16-0
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 22, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
City of Simi Valley
Los Angeles Professional Peace Officers Association
Peace Officers Research Association of California
OPPOSITION:
None received
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