ACR 99, as introduced, Jones. Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral Memorial Bridge.
This measure would designate the Round Mountain Bridge on Interstate 8 in the County of San Diego as the Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral Memorial Bridge. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
P1 1WHEREAS, Border Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral was the
2youngest of four children, born to Ernie and Norma Cabral on June
327, 1976, in San Diego, California; and
4WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was active in sports and athletics
5and graduated from Morse High School in 1994. His passion for
6health and fitness led him to obtain a Bachelors Degree of Science
7in Kinesiology from the San Diego State University in 2001 and
8a Master’s Degree of Science in Physical Education from Azusa
9Pacific University in 2003; and
10WHEREAS, Before joining the Border Patrol, Agent Cabral
11worked as an Exercise Physiologist at US Spine and Sport in San
P2 1Diego. He later became the Assistant Fitness Director, as well as
2a professor, at Southwestern College where he taught health and
3fitness classes for three years. In September 2005, he joined the
4United States Border Patrol and graduated with the 601st Academy
5Session in February 2006; and
6WHEREAS, On July 26, 2007, Agent Cabral died from
7heat-related injuries after tracking a group of suspected
8undocumented immigrants on foot. Agent Cabral was found
9unconscious along the Carrizo Gorge Railway railroad tracks, near
10the south entrance to the De Anza Springs Resort, about one-half
11mile north of Interstate 8. He was flown to Sharp Grossmont
12Hospital in San Diego via Mercy Air, where, tragically, Agent
13Cabral was pronounced dead; and
14WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was 31 years of age and is survived
15by his parents, Ernie and Norma Cabral, sisters, Erma Ponce De
16Leon, Sheila Lee, and Beverlee Cabral, and his fiancée Ninaliza
17Naigan; and
18WHEREAS, Agent Cabral was the fourth Border Patrol agent
19to die in the line of duty during 2007. Agent Cabral’s death is a
20reminder of the dangers that agents face every day while securing
21America’s borders and protecting its people; now, therefore, be it
22Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
23thereof concurring, That the Legislature designates the Round
24Mountain Bridge located between Postmile R072.55 and Postmile
25R072.57 on Interstate 8 in the County of San Diego as the Border
26Patrol Agent Eric Norman Cabral Memorial Bridge; and be it
27further
28Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
29to determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
30with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
31showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
32from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs; and
33be it further
34Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
35of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
36for appropriate distribution.
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