BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: SCR 84
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: LARA
VERSION: 2/20/14
Analysis by: Nathan Phillips FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: April 1, 2014
SUBJECT:
Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony" Giniewicz Memorial
Highway
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates a portion of State Highway Route 405
in Los Angeles County as the Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony
"Tony" Giniewicz 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.
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This resolution designates the portion of State Highway Route
405 from Atlantic Avenue to Cherry Avenue South in Los Angeles
County as the Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony"
Giniewicz 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 Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony"
Giniewicz.
2.Background . Signal Hill Police Officer Anthony "Tony"
Giniewicz passed away on December 7, 2011 from complications
related to being shot in the line of duty while responding to
a robbery in Long Beach on February 19, 1985. After being
shot, Officer Giniewicz endured paralysis from the waist down
for more than 26 years, until his death.
Officer Giniewicz is survived by his son, two stepchildren,
mother, and six sisters.
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, March 26,
2014.)
SUPPORT: John L. Scott, Sheriff, County of Los Angeles
OPPOSED: None received.
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