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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Author: |Huff | |----------+------------------------------------------------------| |Version: |3/9/2015 | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Urgency: | No |Fiscal: |Yes | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultant|Holly Glasen | |: | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. SCR 28 (Huff) Page 2 of ? 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. SCR 28 (Huff) Page 3 of ? 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 -- END --