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          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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