BILL NUMBER: ACR 178	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gipson

                        MAY 3, 2016

   Relative to the Kevin Burrell and James MacDonald Memorial Highway
and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 178, as introduced, Gipson. Kevin Burrell and James MacDonald
Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate an unspecified portion of State
Highway Route 91 in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin Burrell
and James MacDonald Memorial Highway and would designate an
unspecified portion of State Highway Route 91 in the County of Los
Angeles as the Dess K. Phipps Memorial Highway. The measure would
request the Department of Transportation to determine the costs for
appropriate signs, as specified, and, upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources covering those costs, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald were
police officers employed by the City of Compton, who dedicated their
lives to keeping its citizens safe; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell realized that being a police
officer meant more than just making arrests; he possessed a level of
unparalleled compassion and understanding, taking advantage of every
opportunity to help those less fortunate, and was lovingly known as
the "Gentle Giant;" and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald was admired by his peers and had an
amazing personality and, although he was only required to work two
shifts a month, instead chose to work two shifts a week; and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald loved being a police officer and
Kevin Michael Burrell was his favorite partner to ride with; and
   WHEREAS, On February 22, 1993, Kevin Michael Burrell and James
Wayne MacDonald, ages 29 and 24, respectively, while working as
patrol car partners in the City of Compton, were fatally shot by a
violent gang member during a traffic stop at the intersection of
Rosecrans Avenue and Dwight Avenue; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Michael Burrell is survived by his son, Kevin
Junior, his mother, Edna, his sister, Bridget, and his brothers,
Biff, Kiki, Reggie, and Anthony, his father, Clark, having
subsequently passed away; and
   WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald is survived by his mother, Toni,
and his brother, Jon, his father, Jim, having subsequently passed
away; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a police officer employed by the City
of Compton who dedicated his life to keeping the citizens of the City
of Compton safe; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was born on June 17, 1925, in the City of
Stidham in the County of McIntosh, Oklahoma, and grew up on a working
farm in the City of Yuma, Arizona; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps was a member of the United States Navy
from June 16, 1934, to December 29, 1944, and was a veteran of World
War II; and
   WHEREAS, At the age of 37, Dess K. Phipps is killed in the line of
duty during a high speed vehicle pursuit of a criminal on October
12, 1962; and
   WHEREAS, Dess K. Phipps is survived by his brother, Williams Ross
Phipps, and is succeeded in death by his loving wife, Pauline Verna
Winder Phipps (2012), his parents Marion (1975) and Margaret Phipps
(1994), and his other brother, Perry Lee Phipps (1998); now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring,That the Legislature hereby designates a portion
of State Highway Route 91 in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin
Burrell and James MacDonald Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved,That the Legislature hereby designates a portion of State
Highway Route 91 in the County of Los Angeles as the Dess K. Phipps
Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved,That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs, which would
include these special designations, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering the costs, 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.