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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 130 (De La Torre)
          As Amended  June 24, 2010
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |73-0 |(April 19,      |SENATE: |33-0 |(August 18,    |
          |           |     |2010)           |        |     |2010)          |
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           Original Committee Reference:    TRANS.

          SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 5 as the  
          Arnold C. Garcia Memorial Highway.  

           The Senate amendments  add a coauthor.  

           EXISTING LAW  assigns the California Department of Transportation  
          (Caltrans) the responsibility of operating and maintaining state  
          highways.  This includes the installation and maintenance of  
          highway signs.  

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill was substantially similar  
          to the version passed by the Senate.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, there will be minor costs to Caltrans to make and  
          erect appropriate signs; these costs are covered by donations.

           COMMENTS  :  Arnold C. Garcia was, for nearly two decades, a Los  
          Angeles County Probation Department group supervisor who worked  
          the graveyard shift at the Dorothy E. Kirby Center, supervising  
          locked cottages housing some of Los Angeles County's youngest  
          and most troubled offenders.  Although department guidelines  
          recommend one guard for every 10 juveniles in custody, he was  
          charged with watching over a 20-bed cottage.  

          During night shifts at the center, Mr. Garcia frequently bent  
          the rules, bringing candy and videos for the mostly well-behaved  
          wards.  According to co-workers, 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  








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          permission to use the restroom.  After opening the door, Mr.  
          Garcia was fatally struck in the head with a metal object from a  
          disassembled desk in the room.  He was the first Los Angeles  
          County Probation Department employee killed in the line of duty  
          since the department was formed in 1903.  

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



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