BILL NUMBER: ACR 123 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 119
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 16, 2016
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 11, 2016
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 22, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Steinorth
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Brown)
JANUARY 21, 2016
Relative to the Sheriff's Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel
Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 123, Steinorth. Sheriff's Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and
Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 15 in the County of San Bernardino as the Sheriff's Deputies
Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., 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 the cost, to erect those signs.
WHEREAS, Ronald Wayne Ives was born in Norwalk, California, in
1961. He grew up in the Cities of Buena Park and Lakewood, and
graduated from Chaffey High School in the City of Ontario,
California; and
WHEREAS, Ronald Wayne Ives became a deputy sheriff for the San
Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on January 2, 1996, after
graduating from the Sheriff's Training Academy. Deputy Sheriff Ives
was originally assigned to the West Valley Detention Center before
being promoted and assigned to Patrol at the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff'
s Station in 1999; and
WHEREAS, In 2002, Deputy Sheriff Ives rode his bicycle from the
City of Rancho Cucamonga to New York City. The ride raised money for
the survivors of public safety personnel who died in the September
11, 2001, attacks. The Rancho Cucamonga Police Department honors this
act annually during the "Ron Ives Bicycle Rodeo"; and
WHEREAS, On September 1, 2004, Deputy Sheriff Ives was killed
while on patrol in the Rancho Cucamonga area when an SUV ran a red
light and struck his motorcycle at approximately 50 miles per hour;
and
WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Ives was transported to Arrowhead Regional
Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries approximately one
hour later; and
WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Ives served with the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department for eight years. He was survived by his wife,
Karen, and his son, Blake; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., was born in Pomona, California, in
1970. He grew up in the Cities of Pomona and Montclair, and
graduated from Montclair High School; and
WHEREAS, Daniel Jess Lobo, Jr., became a deputy sheriff for the
San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on July 4, 1994, after
graduating from the Sheriff's Training Academy. He was originally
assigned to the West Valley Detention Center before being promoted
and assigned to Patrol at the Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff's Station in
1998; and
WHEREAS, On October 11, 2005, Deputy Sheriff Lobo was killed in a
vehicle accident with his motorcycle while responding to the scene of
another crash in the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Deputy Sheriff Lobo
was traveling behind another motor officer and a squad car when a
vehicle pulled out of a parking lot into their path. All of the
responding units had their emergency equipment activated; and
WHEREAS, The other motor officer and the squad car were able to
swerve out of the car's path, but Deputy Sheriff Lobo's motorcycle
struck the rear of the car. He was thrown approximately 50 feet as
the result of the impact. He was flown to Arrowhead Regional Medical
Center where he succumbed to his injuries approximately one hour
later; and
WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Lobo served with the San Bernardino County
Sheriff's Department for 11 years and was survived by his wife,
Jennifer, and his three daughters, Kiley, Kadie, and Maddison; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State Highway Route 15 from its junction with State
Highway Route 210 to Sierra Avenue in the County of San Bernardino,
California, as the Sheriff's Deputies Ronald Wayne Ives and Daniel
Jess Lobo, Jr., Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, 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.