BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: SCR 50
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: fuller
VERSION: 6/20/11
Analysis by: Carrie Cornwell FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: March 27, 2012
SUBJECT:
Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution names the interchange of State Highway Route
(SR) 99 and SR 119 in Kern County as the Deputy Daniel Lee
Archuleta Memorial Interchange.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
The person being honored must have provided
extraordinary public service or some exemplary contribution
to the public good and have a connection to the community
where the highway is located.
The person being honored must be deceased.
The naming must be done without cost to the state.
Costs for signs and plaques must be paid by local or
private sources.
The author or co-author of the resolution must represent
the district in which the facility is located and the
resolution must identify the specific highway segment or
structure being named.
The segment of highway being named must not exceed five
miles in length.
The proposed designation must reflect a community
consensus and be without local opposition.
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The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good
faith effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the
prior designation.
This resolution designates the interchange of SR 99 and SR 119
located in Kern County just south of the City of Bakersfield as
the Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange. The
resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from non-state sources to cover the costs.
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose . The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and public service of Daniel Lee Archuleta.
2.Background on Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta . Born in Huntington
Beach on Christmas Day 1968, Daniel Lee Archuleta grew up in
Huntington Beach and Seal Beach. He received an Associate of
Arts degree from Golden West College and his Bachelor's Degree
from CSU Long Beach in 1999. Two years later he graduated
from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Academy and
then worked for that department until 2002. Deputy Archuleta
began serving as a sheriff's deputy in Kern County on October
5, 2002. He died on September 12, 2004, when, while
responding to another deputy's request for immediate backup,
his patrol car overturned on Tupman Road near the town of
Tupman. The California Highway Patrol investigated the
accident but never discerned a cause. Daniel Archuleta is
survived by his wife, Laura, and their two daughters, his
parents, and his brother.
3.Consistent with the committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all of the provisions of the committee's
policy on highway designations.
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, March 21,
2012)
SUPPORT: None received.
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OPPOSED: None received.