BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SCR 111 Hearing Date: 4/19/2016
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|Author: |Mendoza |
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|Version: |3/10/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Downey Police Officer Ricardo Galvez Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates Interstate 5 between the San
Gabriel River Bridge and the Rio Hondo River Bridge as the
Downey Policy Officer Ricardo Galvez Memorial Highway.
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.
5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
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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 Interstate 5 between the San Gabriel
River Bridge and the Rio Hondo River Bridge as the Downey Policy
Officer Ricardo Galvez 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 police officer Ricardo Galvez.
Background. Officer Galvez - Ricardo Galvez was born on April 2,
1986, to Margarita Galvez in the City of Los Angeles, and was
raised in Los Angeles and Bell Gardens, where he attended
elementary school and high school.
Officer Galvez began his law enforcement career in 2006 with the
Downey Police Department as a police aide. In 2008 Officer
Galvez enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and
was deployed overseas as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom in
Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2010, Officer Galvez was hired by the
Downey Policy Department as a police cadet and began his career
as a Downey Police Officer later that year. Officer Galvez
established himself as a competent and compassionate police
officer and strove to be a K-9 officer. On November 18, 2015,
after finishing a training session with the department's K-9
team, Officer Galvez returned to the station to compete his
shift and, while seated in his vehicle adjacent to the police
station, two individuals approached his car, shooting and
killing him.
Officer Galvez is survived by his mother, sisters, and brother.
This resolution is consistent with the committee's policy on
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highway designation.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, April 13, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
Peace Officers Research Association of California
OPPOSITION:
None received
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