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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 70 (Smyth)
          As Amended  September 7, 2011
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |75-0 |(September 6,   |SENATE: |40-0 |(September 8,  |
          |           |     |2011)           |        |     |2011)          |
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           Original Committee Reference:    TRANS.  

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 5 as the 
          California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and 
          James E. McCabe Memorial Highway.  

           The Senate amendments  clarify the termini of the route segment 
          proposed for memorialization and add Senator Runner as a 
          coauthor.  

           EXISTING LAW  assigns 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 is substantially similar to 
          the version passed by the Senate.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations 
          Committee, there is no cost.

           COMMENTS  :  Gayle Wesley Wood, Jr. was born in 1937 in Barstow, 
          California and graduated as the president of his class from the 
          CHP Academy in 1969.  After a year at the Santa Ana area office, 
          CHP Officer Wood was transferred to motorcycle duty in the South 
          Los Angeles Area before being transferred to the Van Nuys 
          Airport in 1973, where he spent the remainder of his career as a 
          helicopter pilot.  

          James Edward McCabe was born in 1944 in Los Angeles and served 
          as a helicopter pilot in the United States Army Air Operations 
          Division in Vietnam before graduating from the CHP Academy in 
          1971.  While assigned to the West Los Angeles Area Office, CHP 
          Officer McCabe earned his emergency medical technician and 
          paramedic certificates, and was transferred between several 
          offices before his final assignment at the Van Nuys Airport.  








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          While finishing an air patrol near Castaic Lake on September 1, 
          1978, Officer Wood and Officer McCabe were killed when their 
          helicopter was destroyed after striking a power line support 
          tower that was not visible in the darkness.  

          Both officers are remembered for their love of recreational 
          flying and spending time with their families, as well as the 
          dedication they both showed towards their jobs.  Officer Wood is 
          survived by his mother, brothers, wife, children, and 
          grandchildren, and Officer McCabe is survived by his siblings, 
          wife, stepdaughter, and grandchildren.  

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

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