BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: SCR 78
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: la Malfa
VERSION: 5/1/12
Analysis by: Carrie Cornwell FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: May 8, 2012
SUBJECT:
Highway designations
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution names five transportation facilities throughout
the state in honor of those who gave their lives in service as
peace officers or members of the United States military.
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.
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The proposed designation must reflect a community
consensus and be without local opposition.
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 :
1.Designates the Burney Creek Bridge on State Highway Route (SR)
299 in the unincorporated community of Burney, located in
Shasta County, as the "Deputy Kenneth Fredrick Perrigo
Memorial Bridge."
2.Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Riverside Avenue
overcrossing to the North Red Bluff overcrossing in the City
of Red Bluff in Tehama County as the "Officer David F. Mobilio
Memorial Highway."
3.Designates the Brighton Street Overcrossing over SR 20 in the
City of Grass Valley in Nevada County as the "Gold Star
Memorial Bridge."
4.Designates the portion of SR 5 from the Bowman Road
overcrossing to the northbound Main Street on-ramp in the City
of Cottonwood in Shasta County as the "Captain Mark Ratledge
Memorial Highway."
5.Designates the portion of SR 39 in the City of La Habra in
Orange County from the south city limits to Whittier Boulevard
as the "La Habra Police Officer Michael Anthony Osornio
Memorial Highway."
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose . The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and public service of several individuals who died in the
line of duty while serving in the United States Armed Forces
or while serving as peace officers in California.
2.Background . This resolution memorizes the lives of seven
individuals and names five transportation facilities in their
honor, as follows:
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Shasta County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Fredrick Perrigo,
who, in 1991, was shot and killed after he arrested two
suspects for drinking in public. While transporting the
suspects to the station, one of them pulled a gun and shot
him.
Red Bluff Police Department Officer David F. Mobilio was
shot and killed from an ambush when he stopped at the
department's fueling station between 1:30 and 2:00 am
on the morning on November 19, 2002.
The Gold Star Bridge in Grass Valley will honor three
Marines:
Marine Lance Corporal Adam Strain, 20, a 2003
graduate of Nevada Union High School and resident of
Smartville, who was killed by small arms fire on August
4, 2005, in Ar Ramidi, Iraq.
Marine Lance Corporal John "JT" Lucente of Grass
Valley, who died November 16, 2005 from wounds sustained
from an enemy hand grenade while conducting combat
operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel
Curtain in Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine Corporal Sean A. Stokes of Auburn, who died
July 30, 2007 of wounds sustained while conducting combat
operations in Taqaddum, Iraq.
Captain Mark Ratledge, 35, of Cottonwood Fire Protection
District, was fatally injured at the scene of a vehicle
accident along Interstate 5 south of Anderson in Shasta
County in February of this year.
Officer Michael Osornio of the La Habra Police
Department was killed in October of last year when a drunk
driver ran a red light at high speed and broadsided his
patrol car.
1.Consistent with the committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all of the provisions of the committee's
policy on highway designations.
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POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, May 2, 2012)
SUPPORT: None received.
OPPOSED: None received.