BILL NUMBER: ACR 79	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        JUNE 3, 2009

   Relative to the Sergeant Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 79, as amended, Hayashi. Sergeant Daniel Sakai Memorial
Highway.
   This measure would designate State Highway Route 580, between
Strobridge Avenue and East Castro Valley Boulevard, as the Sergeant
Daniel Sakai Memorial Highway.  The measure wou   ld
also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost
for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs. 
   Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .



   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai of Castro Valley was born April 6, 1973, and
grew up in Big Bear in San Bernardino County, where he developed a
love for everything outdoors; and
   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to
attend the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a
degree in 1996 in forestry and natural resources and also worked as a
community service officer; and
   WHEREAS, After graduating from the university, Daniel Sakai spent
a year in Japan teaching English; and
   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai attended the Oakland Police Department
Academy, where he met his soulmate and future wife, Jennifer; and
   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai quickly rose to the rank of sergeant of
police and served the Oakland Police Department in various roles,
including as a patrol officer, canine handler, patrol rifle and
academy firearms instructor, and special weapons and tactics (SWAT)
team member; and
   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai was described as a "special young man who
was clearly a born leader. He was committed to public service and
making a difference in other people's lives"; and
   WHEREAS, Daniel Sakai was also described as a "person that
everyone looked up to and wanted to be. He had the highest ethics";
and
   WHEREAS, The best day of Daniel Sakai's life was on March 31,
2005, when his daughter JoJiye was born; and
   WHEREAS, On March 21, 2009, Sergeant Daniel Sakai was killed,
along with another SWAT team member, Sergeant Ervin Romans, when the
SWAT team attempted to apprehend a suspect that had earlier in the
day shot and killed Sergeant Mark Dunakin and mortally wounded
Officer John Hege, both of the Oakland Police Department, during a
traffic stop; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
hereby recognizes the contributions made by Sergeant Daniel Sakai of
the Oakland Police Department to the people of the State of
California and hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route
580, between Strobridge Avenue and East Castro Valley Boulevard, as
the Sergeant Daniel Sakai 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 that
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to  the Department of Transportation and to 
the author for appropriate distribution.