Senate Concurrent Resolution
No. 16
CHAPTER 134
Relative to the Deputy Isaiah A. Cordero Memorial Highway.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
August 23, 2023.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 16, Roth.
Deputy Isaiah A. Cordero Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 60 in the County of Riverside as the Deputy Isaiah A. Cordero 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.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
YES WHEREAS, Isaiah A. Cordero was born on May 13, 1990, to Rebecca and Gilbert Cordero; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah was of Mexican and Puerto Rican decent; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah developed a love for motorcycles at an early age, just like his father; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah graduated from Cajon High School in the City of San Bernardino, where he played football for two years as a tight end; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah’s goal after graduating high school was to become a Deputy Sheriff and to eventually become a Motorcycle Enforcement Deputy; and
WHEREAS, On May 5, 2014, Isaiah fulfilled his first goal and began his career with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department as a Correctional Deputy; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah worked in two different correctional facilities before reclassifying to a Deputy Sheriff in 2017; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah graduated from the 204th Basic Academy in February of 2018 and returned to working in a correctional facility as a Deputy Sheriff; and
WHEREAS, In 2020, Isaiah was transferred to the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station to begin field training; and
WHEREAS, After successfully completing the field training program, he was assigned to patrol the cities and unincorporated communities served by the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station, including the incorporated cities of Jurupa Valley, Eastvale, and Norco; and
WHEREAS, In 2022, Isaiah was selected to undergo motorcycle training to become a Motorcycle Enforcement Deputy; and
WHEREAS, After successfully completing a rigorous POST-certified motorcycle training course, he accomplished his second goal and began patrolling the streets as a Motorcycle Enforcement Deputy; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah was specifically assigned to conduct traffic enforcement on his motorcycle in the City of Jurupa Valley; and
WHEREAS, On December 29, 2022, at 32 years of age, Isaiah was shot in the City of Jurupa Valley, when he pulled over an individual for a traffic violation; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah was immediately transported to Riverside Community Hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries and passed away later that night; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah was loved by his coworkers and the communities he served throughout his career; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah had a promising career ahead of him but his life was tragically cut short; and
WHEREAS, Isaiah is survived by his loving parents and his over 300 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 60, from Valley Way in the City of Jurupa Valley to Pyrite Street in the City of Jurupa Valley, in the County of Riverside, as the Deputy Isaiah A. Cordero 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.