BILL NUMBER: SCR 28	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Huff
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Kim)

                        MARCH 9, 2015

   Relative to the Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De La Rosa
Memorial Interchange.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 28, as introduced, Huff. Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De
La Rosa: Memorial Interchange.
   This measure would designate the northbound and southbound lanes
of State Highway Route 5 at the State Highway Route 91 interchange in
the City of Fullerton as the "Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De La
Rosa Memorial Interchange." The measure would also request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De La Rosa, at the age
of 43, paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty; and
   WHEREAS, Detective De La Rosa was born on May 12, 1947, and served
his country during the Vietnam War while in the Marine Corps.
Detective De La Rosa joined the Fullerton Police Department on
September 26, 1980; and
   WHEREAS, While off-duty, Detective De La Rosa liked to speak with
children from neighborhoods heavy with drugs, gangs, and prostitution
and urge them to be good and stay in school; and
   WHEREAS, On June 21, 1990, Detective De La Rosa was ambushed and
shot five times during an undercover reverse sting narcotics
operation, but, although gravely injured, was still able to return
fire and fatally wound one of the suspects before succumbing to his
injuries. Three other suspects were convicted of Detective De La Rosa'
s murder and were sentenced to life without parole; and
   WHEREAS, Detective De La Rosa is survived by his wife and four
children. The most important thing in Detective De La Rosa's life was
his family; and
   WHEREAS, Detective De La Rosa provided the public with exemplary
service and dedication to his job throughout his nine-year career
with the Fullerton Police Department; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to memorialize the service and
sacrifice of Detective De La Rosa, by designating a portion of State
Highway Route 5 in the City of Fullerton in his honor; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
northbound and southbound lanes of State Highway Route 5 at the State
Highway Route 91 interchange in the City of Fullerton as the
"Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De La Rosa Memorial Interchange";
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.