BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    



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        (  Without Reference to File  )

        ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
        ACR 94 (Calderon)
        As Introduced  September 4, 2009
        Majority vote 
         
          SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 60 as the CHP  
        Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway.  Specifically,  this  
        bill  :  

        1)Recounts the life and career of Joseph P. Sanders, an officer with  
          the California Highway Patrol (CHP) who lost his life in the line  
          of duty.  

        2)Designates as the CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway  
          the segment of SR 60 eastbound (mile post marker 15.96) from  
          Hacienda Boulevard to (mile post marker 20.44) Nogales Street and  
          westbound from (mile post marker 20.44) Nogales Street to (mile  
          post marker 15.96) Hacienda Boulevard; the segment of northbound  
          Hacienda Boulevard to eastbound and westbound SR 60, as well as  
          the Hacienda Boulevard off ramp from westbound SR-60; the  
          eastbound and westbound onramps and offramps for Azusa Avenue and  
          Fullerton Road; the eastbound off ramp to Nogales Street; and  
          southbound Nogales Street to eastbound and westbound SR 60.  

         EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and  
        maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation and  
        maintenance of highway signs.  

         FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

         COMMENTS  :  Joseph P. Sanders was born in Sacramento, California  
        attended Galt High School. Upon graduation, he joined the United  
        States Marine Corps where he attained the rank of sergeant.  

        After his service in the Marines, Mr. Sanders attended and graduated  
        from the CHP Academy.  Officer Sanders, badge number 18781, was  
        assigned to the Santa Fe Springs area office where he served the  
        State of California as a highway patrol officer for nearly a year  
        Officer Sanders was killed in the line of duty on December 15, 2008,  
        when he was directing traffic at the site of a traffic collision on  
        eastbound SR 60, west of Azusa Avenue in the city of Hacienda  
        Heights. A subsequent collision between two vehicles caused one of  
        the vehicles to veer out of control, striking Officer Sanders and  







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        causing major injuries. Officer Sanders was airlifted to USC Medical  
        Center in Los Angeles where he succumbed to his injuries.  

        This bill is somewhat unusual for a highway-naming resolution in  
        that it: 1) does not simply name one highway segment, but instead  
        designates multiple segments as well as onramps and offramps as part  
        of the proposed Memorial Highway, and 2) there is no mention of  
        signs or markers to indicate the designation nor of any funding  
        mechanism should signage be desired by the friends and family of Mr.  
        Sanders.  While these features of this bill are inconsistent with  
        standard practice, they do not necessarily make the bill unworkable.  
         


         Analysis Prepared by  :    Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:  
        0003116