California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 157

Introduced by Assembly Members Patterson and Perea

June 2, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 157—Relative to the CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 157, as introduced, Patterson. The CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 99 from the Fresno/Tulare County line to the Mountain View Avenue Overcrossing in the County of Fresno as the CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez Memorial Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, CHP Officer Brian Mitchio Law was born on July
2, 1979, in Redwood City, California; and

WHEREAS, Prior to joining the California Highway Patrol,
Officer Law served for five years and three months in the United
States Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Sergeant, and the United
States Air Force, in which he obtained the rank of Staff Sergeant;
and

WHEREAS, Officer Law, badge number 18896, graduated from
the California Highway Patrol Academy on April 18, 2008 and,
upon graduation, was assigned to the Oakland Area, where he
served for almost five years before being transferred to Fresno
Area 435; and

WHEREAS, CHP Officer Juan Jaime Gonzalez was born on
February 10, 1981, in Visalia, California; and

WHEREAS, Officer Gonzalez, badge number 18935, graduated
from the California Highway Patrol Academy on April 18, 2008
and, upon graduation, was assigned to the San Jose Area, where
he served for more than two years before being transferred to the
Fresno Area; and

WHEREAS, Officers Law and Gonzalez were classmates at the
CHP Academy, partners, and good friends; and

WHEREAS, On February 17, 2014, the state suffered a tragic
loss when CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez were killed
in an accident while responding to an emergency call, thereby
making the ultimate sacrifice while performing their sworn duty;
and

WHEREAS, Officer Law is survived by his wife, Rebecca Ann,
daughter, Samantha (age 2), son, Brandon (age 9), and
step-daughter, Lauren Lajara (age 10); and

WHEREAS, Officer Gonzalez is survived by his mother, Maria
Lourdes Gonzalez, of Tulare, and sister, Sandra Judith Gonzalez,
also of Tulare; and

WHEREAS, In recognition of the contributions, bravery, and
sacrifice of Officers Law and Gonzalez in serving the California
Highway Patrol and the citizens of California, it would be fitting
to designate a portion of State Highway Route 99, in the County
of Fresno, in their honor; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 99 from the Fresno/Tulare County
Line to the Mountain View Avenue Overcrossing in the County
of Fresno as the CHP Officers Brian Law and Juan Gonzalez
Memorial Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the costs of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing these special designations and, upon receiving donations
from non state sources covering the costs, to erect those signs; and
be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.