Amended in Senate August 15, 2016

Amended in Assembly June 28, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

May 3, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 178—Relative to the Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial begin delete Highway. end delete begin insert Overcrossing. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 178, as amended, Gipson. Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald Memorial Highway and the Dess K. Phipps Memorial begin delete Highway. end delete begin insert Overcrossing. end insert

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 710 in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald Memorial Highway and would designate a specified begin delete portion of end delete begin insert overcrossing, which spans end insert State Highway Route 710 in the County of Los begin delete Angeles end delete begin insert Angeles, end insert as the Dess K. Phipps Memorial begin delete Highway. end delete begin insert Overcrossing. end insert 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 begin delete Giant;” end delete begin insert Giant”; end insert and

WHEREAS, James Wayne MacDonald was admired by his
peers, had an amazing personality, and, although he was only
required to work two shifts begin delete a end delete begin insert per end insert month, chose to work two shifts
begin delete a end delete begin insert per end insert 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, begin delete 1934, end delete begin insert 1943, end insert to December 29, 1944, and was
a veteran of World War II; and

WHEREAS, At the age of 37, Dess K. Phipps was 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 was 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 that
portion of State Highway Route 710 from State Highway Route
91 approximately at post mile 12.97 to Alondra Boulevard
approximately at post mile 13.94 in the County of Los Angeles as
the Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald Memorial
Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Legislature hereby designates begin delete that portion
of State Highway Route 710 from end delete begin insert overcrossing number 53-822,
which spans State Highway Route 710 at end insert Alondra Boulevard
approximately at post mile 13.945 begin delete to Rosecrans Avenue
approximately at post mile 14.96 end delete in the County of Los begin delete Angeles end delete
begin insert Angeles, end insert as the Dess K. Phipps Memorial begin delete Highway; end delete begin insert Overcrossing; end insert
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.