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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 51
Author: Stone (R)
Introduced:4/30/15
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 6/16/15
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT: Special Deputy Frank Hamilton Memorial Highway
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route (SR) 371 in the County of Riverside as the Special Deputy
Frank Hamilton Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS: This resolution designates the portion of SR 371
from Howard Road to Tribal Road near the community of Anza in
Riverside County as the Special Deputy Frank Hamilton 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
Purpose. The author introduced this bill to honor the life and
service of Special Deputy Frank Hamilton.
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Background on Special Deputy Frank Hamilton. In 1895, Frank
Hamilton, a Native American and a Cahuilla tribal member from
the Anza area, was working as a Riverside County special deputy
sheriff. Special Deputy Hamilton acted as a law enforcement
officer for the Riverside County Sheriff's Office in the areas
surrounding the Cahuilla and Ramona Reservations (Anza) area,
including the area surrounding the town of San Jacinto.
On the evening of April 8, 1895, Special Deputy Hamilton was on
duty in the town of San Jacinto. He was in the town saloon when
a disagreement erupted between him and Charles Marshall, who had
greeted Special Deputy Hamilton with a racial epithet. Marshall
became enraged over the disagreement and left. Special Deputy
Hamilton had told Marshall to go away and that he did not want
any trouble with him, but Marshall retrieved a revolver and went
in search of Special Deputy Hamilton. Marshall located Special
Deputy Frank Hamilton in an alleyway adjacent to the town
saloon, and, without warning, began firing, hitting Special
Deputy Hamilton twice as he returned fire and managed to wound
Marshall. Special Deputy Hamilton succumbed to his gunshot
wounds the following day, April 9, 1895.
Special Deputy Frank Hamilton was the first deputy sheriff in
Riverside County to be killed in the line of duty, and his
killing was the subject of the first murder trial held in
Riverside County's history.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/29/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/29/15)
None received
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Prepared by:Holly Glasen / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
7/1/15 11:24:59
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