california legislature—2023–24 regular session
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 92
Introduced by Assembly Member Schiavo
June 5, 2023
Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 92—Relative to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway. legislative counsel’s digest
ACR 92, as introduced, Schiavo. Los Angeles County Sherif f’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate the portion of Interstate 5 between the Pico-Lyons Overcrossing and the McBean P arkway Overcrossing in the City of Santa Clarita as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jake” Kuredjian Memorial Highway. The measure would also request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to co ver the cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
line 1 WHEREAS, Of all the promises America offers, none is more line 2 elusive or precious than the right to be free from crime and line 3 violence; and
line 4 WHEREAS, Californians are indebted every day to our peace line 5 officers, and we pay special tribute to their bravery and dedication line 6 and share in their pain when one of their members is killed in the line 7 line of duty; and
line 8 WHEREAS, The men and women of law enforcement have the line 9 unenviable task of guaranteeing the public’ s safety and it is as
99 line 1 difficult and dangerous as it is important, as e videnced by the line 2 death, at 40 years of age, of Deputy Hagop “Jak e” Kuredjian of line 3 the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who was tragically line 4 shot and killed on August 31, 2001, in the City of Santa Clarita; line 5 and
line 6 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian faithfully served the residents line 7 of the County of Los Angeles as a deputy sheriff; and line 8 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian stated that the reason he became line 9 a law enforcement officer was to be a peacekeeper and community line 10 guardian; and
line 11 WHEREAS, Deputy K uredjian w orked to serv e those that line 12 needed his service, help those who needed help, and protect those line 13 that couldn’t protect themselves, and, as a deputy sheriff, he was line 14 praised by his peers, supervisors, and members of the community line 15 for his tireless ef forts to protect people, pre vent incidents, and line 16 serve as a leader; and
line 17 WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the hazardous work, line 18 serious responsibility , and strong commitment that Deputy line 19 Kuredjian willingly accepted during his 17 years as a la w line 20 enforcement officer; and
line 21 WHEREAS, Deputy Kuredjian is remembered as a dedicated line 22 and devoted son to Anahid, and role model for his brothers Raffi line 23 and Garo, and a man who committed his life, beliefs, and career line 24 to the County of Los Angeles and the safety of its residents; now, line 25 therefore, be it
line 26 Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate line 27 thereof concurring , That the Le gislature hereby designates the line 28 portion of Interstate 5 between the Pico-L yons Ov ercrossing, line 29 53-1783, at postmile R50.326, and the McBean P arkway line 30 Overcrossing, 53-2057, at postmile R51.442, in the City of Santa line 31 Clarita in the County of Los Angeles as the Los Angeles County line 32 Sheriff’s Deputy Hagop “Jak e” K uredjian Memorial Highw ay; line 33 and be it further
line 34 Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested line 35 to determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the line 36 signing requirements for the state highw ay system, showing this line 37 special designation and, upon recei ving donations from nonstate line 38 sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it line 39 further
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line 1 Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies line 2 of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author line 3 for appropriate distribution.
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