SCR 12, as introduced, Jackson. Officer Samuel Sanchez Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 166 in the County of Santa Barbara as the Officer Samuel Sanchez 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.
P1 1WHEREAS, The Guadalupe Police Department is the primary
2law enforcement agency charged with protecting and serving the
37,080 citizens in the City of Guadalupe, California; and
4WHEREAS, Samuel Sanchez was born on April 6, 1944, into
5a large California native family of nine children, with six of his
6siblings in law enforcement; and
7WHEREAS, Samuel Sanchez was sworn into the Guadalupe
8Police Department on November 11, 1965, and served the City of
9Guadalupe for four years alongside his brother, Elias Sanchez; and
10WHEREAS, On April 13, 1969, while transporting two prisoners
11to jail, Officer Sanchez was killed in a head-on collision with a
12driver under the influence on State Highway Route 166; and
P2 1WHEREAS, Officer Sanchez was survived by one infant
2daughter, Kristen Sanchez; and
3WHEREAS, It is appropriate to memorialize the service and
4sacrifice of Officer Sanchez, as a sign of respect and recognition
5to his friends and family members who are left behind, by
6designating a portion of State Highway Route 166 in the County
7of Santa Barbara in his honor; now, therefore, be it
8Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
9thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
10portion of State Highway Route 166 from Bonita School Road to
11Simas Road in the County of Santa Barbara as the Officer Samuel
12Sanchez Memorial Highway; and be it further
13Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
14to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the
15signing requirements for the state highway system showing this
16special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
17sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it
18further
19Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
20this resolution to the Director of Transportation and the author for
21appropriate distribution.
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