BILL NUMBER: SCR 151	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        JUNE 13, 2016

   Relative to the  Detective   Deputy Sheriff
 Michael D. Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 151, as amended, Gaines.  Detective  
Deputy Sheriff  Michael D. Davis, Jr. Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate
Highway 80 in Placer County as the  Detective  
Deputy Sheriff  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.   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   Deputy Sheriff 
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   Deputy
Sheriff  Davis' brother Jason, his wife Jessica, and aunt and
uncle worked for the department.  Detective  
Deputy Sheriff  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   Deputy
Sheriff  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  
Deputy Sheriff  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   Deputy Sheriff 
Davis was just  17 years of age   five days
short of his 17th birthday  when his father, for whom he was
named, was killed while on assignment with the Riverside County
Sheriff's Department.  Detective   Deputy
Sheriff  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   Deputy Sheriff  Davis
was always coaching and inspiring those around him to be better; and

   WHEREAS,  Detective Davis   Deputy Sheriff
Davis, who was on assignment as an acting detective,  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   Deputy Sheriff 
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   Deputy Sheriff  Davis was 
on assignment as  a homicide detective in the Crimes Against
Persons unit. In addition to his wife Jessica,  Deputy Sheriff
 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   Deputy
Sheriff  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.