Bill Text: CA ACR65 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller Memorial Highway.

Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2015. [ACR65 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR65-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 65	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  169
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 17, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Brough and Harper
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Travis Allen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Ch�vez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo
Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray, Hadley, Roger
Hern�ndez, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson,
Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Steinorth, Mark Stone,
Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

                        MAY 6, 2015

   Relative to the James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 65, Brough. James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 405
in the County of Orange as the James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller
Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of
Transportation to determine the costs of erecting the appropriate
signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller was born on September 12,
1959, in Dallas, Texas, to James Russell Waller, Jr. and Elizabeth
Ann Waller. In 1965, Mitch Waller and his family moved to Huntington
Beach, California, where Mitch began his education; and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller joined the Boy Scouts of America as a Cub
Scout in his early school years and continued to participate in the
organization as a Boy Scout through high school, earning the
prestigious rank of Eagle Scout; and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller graduated from Edison High School in 1977.
He continued his education at the University of California, San Diego
and graduated in 1983 with a bachelor of arts degree in Biochemistry
and Cellular Biology and a minor in Economics; and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller attended the Criminal Justice Training
Center at Golden West College, after which he began his career in law
enforcement with the City of Westminster Police Department in 1984;
and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller married Sally Gouveia in 1994, settled in
Mission Viejo, and started his family; and
   WHEREAS, While continuing his duties with the City of Westminster
Police Department, Mitch Waller attended Chapman University School of
Law in 1995. He completed his juris doctor degree and passed the
California Bar in 1999. In 2003, he was selected to attend the
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy in Quantico,
Virginia; and
   WHEREAS, As a community leader, Mitch Waller rose through the
ranks to become Chief of Police for the Westminster Police
Department. He served the law enforcement and safety communities for
27 years; and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller remained committed to the Westminster
community and worked to develop positive staff relations,
communications, and infrastructure. Under his direction, the new
Westminster Police Department building was completed in 2011, on time
and under budget--an accomplishment of which he was very proud; and
   WHEREAS, Mitch Waller accepted an appointment to the office of the
Westminster City Manager in 2011, and he retired in 2012. Throughout
his exceptional career, Mitch had an impact on many lives; and
   WHEREAS, In his neighborhood in the community of Mission Viejo,
Mitch Waller was known for generosity with both his time and talents.
He was very active in his daughter Kiana's softball teams,
supporting them with everything from coaching assistance to first
aid. For his son, Chase, Mitch assisted with his training for the
high school cross-country and track teams, always there to offer his
encouragement and support; and
   WHEREAS, The exemplary life of Mitch Waller ended tragically in an
accident on the morning of Friday, June 28, 2013, at 53 years of
age, while he was cycling with his good friend, Kevin Beach, in the
bike lane on State Highway Route 133, heading toward Laguna Beach--a
favorite destination; and
   WHEREAS, The loss to the Waller family, his friends, and his
colleagues is immeasurable. Mitch Waller was an adviser, a problem
solver, and a hero to all; 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 Interstate 405 between postmiles 1.525 and 6.459 in the
County of Orange as the James Mitchell "Mitch" Waller 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
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering 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.