BILL ANALYSIS
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CONSENT
Bill No: SCR 88
Author: DeSaulnier (D), et al
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 8-0, 5/4/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Officer Larry Lasater Memorial Overcrossing
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution names the Harbor Avenue
Overcrossing over State Highway Route 4 in Contra Costa
County as the Officer Larry Lasater Memorial Overcrossing.
ANALYSIS : Officer Lary Lasater was orn in 1969, Larry
Lasater grew up in the City of Martinez, graduated from
Park Valley High School in Pleasant Hill, attended Diablo
Valley College, and received his Bachelor's Degree from the
University of California, Davis in 1993. In 1994, he
graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps' Officer Candidate
School and served six years in the Marine Corps, achieving
the rank of Captain as a tank commander.
In 1999, Officer Lasater married his wife, Jo Ann, and left
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the Marine Corps. In 2002, after attending the Contra
Costa County Law Enforcement Academy, where he received the
high honor of top recruit for his class, he became a
Pittsburg Police Officer. In 2004, he joined the Special
Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team there.
On April 23, 2005, Officer Lasater was critically wounded
by gunfire in an attempt to arrest two armed robbery
suspects. Officer Lassiter died the next day, April 24,
2005, three months before the birth of his only child,
Cody. He had enrolled as an organ donor, and press stories
at the time indicated that his heart saved the life of a
61-year-old Redding man.
The author's office introduced this resolution to honor and
recognize Officer Larry Lasater's sacrifice as he served to
protect the people of the City of Pittsburg and of
California.
This resolution designates the Harbor Avenue Overcrossing
over State Highway Route 4 in Contra Costa County as the
"Officer Larry Lasater Memorial Overcrossing." The
resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving
donations from non-state sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/24/10)
City of Pittsburg
Pittsburg Police Department
JJA:do 5/25/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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