California SB1279: Speed safety systems.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 22425 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Speed safety systems. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a program for speed enforcement that utilizes speed safety systems if the systems meet specified requirements, including limits on the number of speed safety systems operated by a participating city or city and county at any time based on population…

From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:

An act to amend Section 22425 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Speed safety systems. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a program for speed enforcement that utilizes speed safety systems if the systems meet specified requirements, including limits on the number of speed safety systems operated by a participating city or city and county at any time based on population. Existing law requires the speed safety system, to the extent feasible, to be angled and focused so as to only capture photographs of speeding violations and prohibits the speed safety system from capturing identifying images of other drivers, vehicles, or pedestrians. Existing law prohibits speed safety systems in a participating city or city and county from being operated on any California state route, including all freeways and expressways, United States highways, interstate highways, or any public road in unincorporated areas of any county where the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol has full responsibility and primary jurisdiction for the administration and enforcement of the laws, and for the investigation of traffic accidents. This bill would require speed safety systems to blur any images that are unavoidably captured of other drivers, vehicles, or pedestrians who …

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Sponsors

• (D, SD33) · primary sponsor