BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: ACR 134
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: Linder
VERSION: 4/10/14
Analysis by: Nathan Phillips FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: June 10, 2014
SUBJECT:
Officer Michael Crain Memorial Highway
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates a portion of State Highway Route 91
in Riverside County as the Officer Michael Crain Memorial
Highway.
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
or structure 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.
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 a 4.7-mile portion of State Highway
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Route 91 between La Sierra Avenue and Madison Street in
Riverside County as the Officer Michael Crain Memorial Highway.
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 service of Officer Michael Crain.
2.Background . Michael (Mike) Crain was born in Anaheim,
California, on April 9, 1978. Raised in the Riverside area,
he graduated from Redlands High School in 1996, after which he
attended Crafton Hills College in Yucaipa for a year prior to
enlisting in the United States Marine Corps. During his
military service, Sergeant Crain served two deployment tours
in Kuwait as a rifleman in the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit,
3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, serving as a squad leader
and being promoted to the rank of sergeant, and was stationed
at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside where he taught Military
operations in urban terrain.
After being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps, Crain
graduated from the Riverside Sheriff's Academy and was sworn
in as a Riverside police officer on August 24, 2001. During
his 11-year tenure with the Riverside Police Department, he
served as a Patrol Officer and was assigned to the Special
Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team. Officer Crain also served as
a helicopter observer, a field training officer, and a
firearms instructor, and was assigned to the University
Neighborhood Enhancement Team (UNET). During the early
morning of February 7, 2013, Officer Crain was killed in an
apparent ambush while he was on patrol and parked at a
stoplight with a trainee officer.
Officer Crain is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.
3.Consistent with committee policy . This resolution is
consistent with the provisions of the committee's policy on
highway designations.
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday, June 4,
2014.)
SUPPORT: None received.
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OPPOSED: None received.