Speed safety systems.
What changed between versions
The bill no longer creates a separate Article 4.5 (Sections 22443-22443.3) for Long Beach. Instead, it amends the existing Section 22425 that already governs speed safety systems in Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, Long Beach, and San Francisco. All cities now operate under a single unified statutory framework.
Long Beach's additional speed camera allowance on the Pacific Coast Highway was reduced from up to 5 systems (in the prior version) to 2 additional systems beyond what it is already permitted under population-based limits.
Speed safety systems may now be deployed in school zones (in addition to safety corridors and streets with high speed contest incidents), but enforcement is limited to specific time windows around school hours and requires flashing beacons on signs.
New population-based caps limit the total number of speed safety systems any designated jurisdiction may operate at one time: no more than 125 for cities over 3 million people, 33 for cities between 800,000 and 3 million, 18 for cities between 300,000 and 800,000, and 9 for cities under 300,000.
Designated jurisdictions must place speed safety systems in locations that are geographically and socioeconomically diverse, and must describe how they complied with this requirement in their Impact Report.
The Speed Safety System Impact Report must now include an assessment of potential impact on civil liberties and civil rights, fiscal costs, and if deployment locations are predominantly in low-income neighborhoods, an explanation of why those locations experience high fatality and injury collisions due to unsafe speed.
Governing bodies must consult and work collaboratively with relevant local stakeholder organizations, including racial equity, privacy protection, and economic justice groups, when developing the Use Policy and Impact Report.
Per the legislative digest, speed safety systems must blur images that are unavoidably captured of other drivers, vehicles, or pedestrians who are not the subject of a notice of violation. For cameras installed before January 1, 2027, blurring is required only to the extent feasible.
The warning-notice provision for first-time violations (11-15 mph over) was changed from applying to a vehicle's first violation under the system to its first violation 'within a designated jurisdiction,' meaning a driver who already received a warning in one city would not get another warning in a different city.
The 60-day warning period now applies not only at initial program launch but also when additional systems are placed on new streets, giving drivers 60 days of warnings before penalties begin on each newly added street.
Data about the number of violations issued AND the speeds at which they were issued is now explicitly stated to be disclosable (not confidential), expanding transparency beyond just violation counts.
The amendment to Government Code Section 70615 adding a $25 filing fee for appeals under the Long Beach pilot program was removed, as the separate Long Beach article no longer exists.
