BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SCR 28 Hearing Date: 5/5/2015
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|Author: |Huff |
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|Version: |3/9/2015 |
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|Urgency: | No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Holly Glasen |
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SUBJECT: Fullerton Police Detective Tommy De La Rosa: Memorial
Interchange
DIGEST: This resolution designates the State Highway Route (SR)
91 interchange in the City of Fullerton as the Fullerton Police
Detective Tommy
De La Rosa Memorial Interchange.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. 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.
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5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
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 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 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 bill to honor the life
and service of Police Detective Tommy De La Rosa.
2)Background on Officer De La Rosa. 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. 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.
On June 21, 1990, Detective De La Rosa was ambushed and shot
five times during an undercover reverse sting narcotics
operation, but 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.
Detective De La Rosa was survived by his wife and four
children.
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3)Consistent with committee policy. This resolution is
consistent with the provisions of the committee's policy on
highway and interchange designations.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: Fiscal Com.: Yes Local:
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
April 29, 2015.)
SUPPORT:
None received
OPPOSITION:
None received
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