Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 151

Introduced by Senator Gaines

June 13, 2016

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 151—Relative to the Detective Michael D. Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 151, as introduced, Gaines. Detective Michael D. Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate Highway 80 in Placer County as the Detective Michael D. Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Michael David Davis, Jr. was born in Bellflower,
California, on October 29, 1971. He moved to Placer County in
1995 to pursue a career in law enforcement. He was initially hired
by the Auburn Police Department and joined the Placer County
Sheriff’s Office in 1999 as a patrol deputy. He became a detective
in 2004. A Roseville resident, Detective Davis coached baseball
in the Woodcreek Little League for many years. Family and police
work were “where his heart was,” said Placer County Sheriff Ed
Bonner. Detective Davis’ brother Jason, his wife Jessica, and aunt
and uncle worked for the department. Detective Davis was a model
officer who had zero complaints from the public on his record and
was known for his respect, tact, and empathy toward those he
served; and

WHEREAS, Off-duty, Detective Davis was the one who made
everyone laugh at family gatherings. He had great stories, a quick
wit, and no filter, according to his brother Jason. Detective Davis
served his community with everything that he had. He was a loving
husband and father who adored all of his children. As a coach he
mentored other children; and

WHEREAS, Detective Davis was just 17 years of age when his
father, for whom he was named, was killed while on assignment
with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Detective Davis
had two younger brothers, Jason and Christopher. According to
Jason, Michael instantly assumed a parental role as a big brother
and helped raise his two younger brothers. When the younger boys
were troubled or woke from nightmares, they went to Michael’s
room for comfort. Michael taught them to play baseball, and he
always included his two younger brothers in his group of older
friends. Detective Davis was always coaching and inspiring those
around him to be better; and

WHEREAS, Detective Davis was gunned down in the City of
Auburn at 42 years of age, on October 24, 2014, 26 years to the
day after his father perished in a helicopter crash during a police
mission in southern California. The shooting rampage that claimed
Detective Davis’ life began in a Motel 6 parking lot in Sacramento
and also killed Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver.
Authorities have charged Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte and
his wife, Janelle Marquez Monroy, with the murder of a peace
officer. When he died, Detective Davis was a homicide detective
in the Crimes Against Persons unit. In addition to his wife Jessica,
Davis is survived by daughters Angelique and Samantha,
stepchildren Ivey and Chayse, his mother Deborah, and his
grandparents Bob and Joan Davis; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of Interstate Highway 80 in Placer County at the Horseshoe
Bar Road Interchange, as the Detective Michael D. Davis, Jr.
Memorial Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.