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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 130
Author: De La Torre (D), et al
Amended: 06/24/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 5-1, 6/22/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, DeSaulnier, Pavley, Simitian
NOES: Harman
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ashburn, Kehoe, Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/19/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Arnold C. Garcia Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates a portion of State
Highway Route 5 in the City of Commerce as the Arnold C.
Garcia Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS : For nearly two decades, Arnold C. Garcia, a
Los Angeles County Probation Department group supervisor,
worked the graveyard shift at the Dorothy E. Kirby Center,
supervising locked cottages that house some of Los Angeles
County's youngest and most troubled offenders.
Although department guidelines recommend one guard for
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every 10 juveniles in custody, Mr. Garcia was charged with
watching over a 20-bed cottage. As with all employees of
the county's probation department, Mr. Garcia was equipped
with only two weapons: muscle and guile.
During night shifts at the center, Mr. Garcia frequently
bent the rules, bringing candy and videos for the most
well-behaved wards. According to coworkers, he always had
his Bible in hand, passing the lonely hours by praying for
the wards.
On April 4, 1994, Mr. Garcia heard a knock from inside one
of the bedroom doors. The ward inside, who was serving
time for burglary and possession of a concealed weapon,
asked for permission to use the restroom. After opening
the door, Mr. Garcia was struck in the head with a metal
object from a disassembled desk in the room. The alleged
assailant fled along with another ward, but was captured a
short time later.
Mr. Garcia is survived by his wife, Alma, and 11 children.
The death of Arnold C. Garcia serves as a symbol of the
increasingly hazardous mission faced by employees at Los
Angeles County's three juvenile halls and 20 probation
camps.
This resolution designates the portion of State Route 5
between East Olympic Boulevard and South Atlantic Boulevard
in the City of Commerce as the "Arnold C. Garcia Memorial
Highway," and requests the California Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of erecting
appropriate signs, consistent with the signing requirements
for the state highway system, and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to
erect those signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/3/10)
Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
Los Angeles County Chicano Employees Association
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Los Angeles County Probation Officers' Union
Los Angeles Police Protective League
Riverside Sheriffs' Association
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Davis, De La Torre, Norby, Torres,
Torrico, Vacancy
JJA:do 8/3/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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