Bill Text: CA SCR25 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-09-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2023. [SCR25 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SCR25-Chaptered.html
Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 25
CHAPTER 150
Relative to Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
August 31, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 25, Seyarto.
Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 15 in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun Memorial Highway. The measure would 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.
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WHEREAS, Darnell Andrew Calhoun was born on June 24, 1992, to Lonnie Darnell and Renee Calhoun, in the City of Pomona; and
WHEREAS, Darnell was the oldest brother of three children; and
WHEREAS, Darnell was homeschooled through high school and attended the California State University, San Marcos, where he received his bachelor’s degree in criminology and justice studies; and
WHEREAS, Darnell was joined in holy matrimony to his wife, Vanessa Nichele Quinn, on March 26, 2017; and
WHEREAS, Darnell and Vanessa had two beautiful children and one on the way before his passing: Russell Jay, Troy Ezekiel, and a baby boy to be named Malcolm; and
WHEREAS, Darnell worked in his early years at his family-owned restaurant in the City of Murietta before becoming a San Diego Police Officer in 2019; and
WHEREAS, In February of 2022, Darnell continued his law enforcement career as a Deputy Sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; and
WHEREAS, Darnell worked patrol out of the Lake Elsinore Station; and
WHEREAS, Darnell was tragically murdered on duty upon arriving at a call for service on January 13, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Darnell was loved by his coworkers, by the communities he served throughout his law enforcement career, and by his beloved fellow church members at the Covenant Grace Church in the City of Menifee; and
WHEREAS, Aside from his immediate family, Darnell is survived by his parents and extended family members; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 15 from Central Avenue to N. Main Street in the City of Lake Elsinore and the County of Riverside as the Deputy Darnell Andrew Calhoun 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 the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.
