BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SCR 12 Hearing Date: 4/7/2015
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|Author: |Jackson |
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|Version: |2/26/2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Erin Riches |
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SUBJECT: Officer Samuel Sanchez Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route (SR) 166 in Santa Barbara County as the Officer Samuel
Sanchez Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee will adopt a policy at today's hearing regarding
the naming of state highways or structure. 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
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
5.The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
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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 portion of SR 166 from Bonita
School Road to Simas Road in Santa Barbara County as the Officer
Samuel Sanchez Memorial Highway. This resolution further
requests that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate
signs upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover
the costs.
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose. The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and service of Officer Samuel Sanchez.
2.Background on Officer Sanchez. Officer Sanchez was born on
April 6, 1944 into a family of nine children. Officer Sanchez
was sworn into the Guadalupe Police Department on November 11,
1965, and served the City of Guadalupe for four years
alongside his brother, Elias Sanchez.
On April 13, 1969, while transporting three prisoners to jail,
Officer Sanchez was killed on SR 166 in a head-on collision
with a driver who was under the influence of alcohol.
Officer Sanchez was survived by his infant daughter, Kristen
Sanchez.
3.Consistent with committee policy. This resolution is
consistent with the provisions of the committee's policy on
highway designation.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.: Yes Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, April 1, 2015.)
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SUPPORT:
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
(AFSCME), AFL-CIO
Guadalupe Police Department
Guadalupe Police Officers Association
OPPOSITION:
None received.
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