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City of Bakersfield Documents
(and Information)

Bakersfield, pop. 231,000, is 112 miles north of Los Angeles.

Some of Bakersfield's tickets can be ignored.  If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is what I call a "Snitch Ticket."  For more details, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page, and Set # 15, below.



Vote No on Sheila Kuehl

Do you live in LA County?  Was Zev Yaroslavsky your County Supervisor?  (He represented the Third District, which includes the central and western San Fernando Valley, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, the City of West Hollywood, and part of Hollywood.)

Zev "termed out," and in the Nov. 4, 2014 election Sheila Kuehl won the race to succeed him, by a narrow margin.

Sheila Kuehl authored 3
                  speed camera bills
Sheila "Kuehl Cams" Kuehl, in 2007

During her career in the California Legislature, Kuehl made three attempts to pass bills to allow the use of automated speed enforcement (photo radar) in California.

As an LA County Supervisor, she has a seat on the MTA/Metro board and she will be a vote to continue and expand Metro's huge (101 cameras, so far) red light camera system.

In 2016 she voted to put an additional LA County-wide sales tax, to go to Metro, on the Nov. 2016 ballot - and it passed.  (See
Measure M on the Action/Legis page, for more about that tax.)

Kuehl may be up for re-election in Nov. 2022.




Bakersfield Docs Set # 1
Missing Warning Signs - Big Refund in 2004

This is the City's first press release about the missing warning signs.


Sometime later they issued another press release about the missing signs, giving details about how the refunds would be handled.

It is interesting that they issued that many tickets in just half a month.  That would be about 1200 tickets in a full month.  At that time that was the highest rate of ticketing I had seen anywhere.

Sets # 3 thru 7 and 9, below, discuss other refunds the City should have made, but did not.




Bakersfield Docs Set # 2
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded (some months) and Citations Issued

Be sure to read the footnotes!

New 9-25-04, updated 3-25-20

Cam #
CAOA
01
CAST
01
CHBR
01
COST
01
COST
03
COTR
01
COTR
03
MI99
01
MIRE
01
OACA
01
ORMI
01
ORMI
03
OSBE
01
STCA
01
WHWI
01
WIWH
01

[3]






Calif-
ornia
@
Oak

[4] [6]
Calif-
ornia
@
Stock-
dale
[4] [6]
Chester
NB@
Brundage


[4] [6]
Gosford
&
Stock-
dale
[4]
Gosford
&
Stock-
dale
[4]
Coffee
SB@
Truxtun


[4] [6]
Coffee
@
Truxtun

Left
[4] [6]
Ming
EB@
99/Valley
Plaza

[4] [6] [10]
Ming
WB@
South
Real

[4] [6] [8]
Oak
@
Calif-
ornia

[4] [6]
Old
River
&
Ming
[4]
Old
River
&
Ming
[4]
Oswell
NB@
Bernard


[4] [6]
Stock-
dale
@
Calif-
ornia
[4] [6]
White
@
Wible


[4] [6]
Wible
@
White



[4] [6]


Total
Violations
Recorded/

Notices
Printed
Not
Including
New Cams
COST
&
ORMI
[4] [12]
Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded
[4]
Total
Violations
Recorded/

Notices
Printed
Per
Official
Monthly
CMR
Reports
[1] [4]
Total
Citations
Issued/
Rolling
Right
Citations
Per CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports
[13]
Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
[15]
Feb03




















[9]


Mar03


[5]

















213


Apr03


[5]
















218


May03


[5]
















256


Jun03


[5]
















296


Jul03


[5]
















154


Aug03


[5]
















164


Sep03


[5]
















[9]

Oct03


[5]
















[9]

Nov03


[5]
















[9]

Dec03


[5]
















175


2003



















49%
5859
2851


Jan04


22


37
45





49






74%
207
153


Feb04


43


37
60





109






78%
319
249


Mar04


69


58
27
-
-



112






76%
349
266


Apr04


19


35
74
39
51
35



120






77%
417
322


May04


39


37
43
47
993
701



96






71%
1359
963


Jun04


43


28
36
43
927
679



93






74%
1243
924


Jul04
[4] [8]


65
49


40
32
43
31
59
47
790
600



111
88






76%
1108
847


Aug04


79
53


57
37
59
32
70
26
544
305



155
82






55%
964
535


Sep04


70
45


39
25
69
42
63
29
554
323



152
59






55%
947
523


Oct04
0
0

67
28


42
20
57
34
56
21
547
375
0
0


103
39






59%
872
517


Nov04
82
31

45
6


41
25
47
21
64
33
437
331
90
60


72
39






62%
878
546


Dec04
112
52
0
0
38
16


44
31
56
33
57
10
466
309
197
129


108
69
0
0
0



60%
1078
649


2004



















67%
9741
6494


Jan05
85
49
0
0
46
34


43
29
36
22
72
14
292
146
101
71


88
71
0
0
0



57%
763
436


Feb05
65
32
0
0
64
31


50
34
56
36
52
40
350
177
131
99


107
88
0
0
0



61%
875
537


Mar05
84
41
0
0
60
41


50
29
59
46
65
44
427
296
158
115


137
109
0
0
0



69%
1040
721


Apr05
73
35
23
12
33
18


64
46
80
60
49
33
383
252
106
72


144
112
45
24
0
0



66%
1000
664


May05
59
29
198
120
58
42


62
39
49
39
45
19
319
195
99
50


123
97
429
202
0
0



58%
1441
832


Jun05
77
30
180
111
40
21


52
34
87
62
33
8
402
253
150
100


120
97
404
194
0
0



59%
1545
910


Jul05
75
17
159
71
57
42


52
28
55
34
30
13
368
212
145
83


130
95
347
148
39
7
1
0



51%
1458
750


Aug05



















43%
1580
669


Sep05



















58%
1552
904


Oct05



















55%
1510
830


Nov05



















65%
1465
949


Dec05



















60%
1357
817


2005
[2]
(proj.)
399
942
393


410
513
293
263
1011


1147
1704





58%
15586
9019
(actual)


Cam #
CAOA
01
CAST
01
CHBR
01
COST
01
COST
03
COTR
01
COTR
03
MI99
01
MIRE
01
OACA
01
ORMI
01
ORMI
03
OSBE
01
STCA
01
WHWI
01
WIWH
01







Jan06
42
15
137
68
10
2


40
28
34
24
47
17
159
100
89
54


99
59
172
81
19
11
243
191



60%
1091
650


Mar06



















53%
1263
670


Apr06



















53%
1170
625


Jul06
41
6
94
42
31
12


45
22
39
25
76
36
274
135
133
63


134
57
151
47
88
35
169
115



47%
1275
595


Sep06



















42%
1261
530


Oct06



















47%
1137
539


2006
[2]
(proj.)
126
660
84


420
294
318
1410
702


696
768
276
1836



50%
14394
7218
(proj.)


Jan07
34
14
102
61
19
13


47
34
45
31
52
33
162
86
77
39


86
42
152
60
29
17
93
78



57%
898
508


Mar07



















52%
1169
603


Apr07



















45%
1045
473


Jul07
36
12
79
45
44
21


34
15
42
29
61
31
234
100
112
53


37
13
142
56
64
40
157
131



52%
1042
546


Sep07



















46%
809
372


Oct07



















48%
919
438


2007
[2]
(proj.)
156
636
204


294
360
384
1116
552


330
696
342
1254



50%
11764
5880
(proj.)


Jan08
49
20
69
43
28
11


29
17
38
26
27
21
169
120
76
47


90
63
91
40
0
0
47
38



63%
713
446


Feb08




















367

26
Mar08




















412

27
Apr08



















49%
827
408

25
May08




















414

28
Jun08




















415

27
Jul08
40
12
61
30
27
9


31
19
38
18
50
18
129
82
69
32


129
61
38
22
43
28
154
108



54%
809
439

34
Aug08




















511

35
Sep08




















505

38
Oct08



















65%
910
591

38
Nov08




















515

43
Dec08




















489

40
2008
[2]
(proj.)
192
438
120


216
264
234
1212
474


744
372
168
876




5512
(actual)


Jan09
15
4
110
74
14
5


25
11
39
25
16
11
74
59
60
28


110
86
127
82
20
12
81
67



67%
691
464

37
Feb09




















424

34
Mar09




















525

44
Apr09



















52%
933
482

40
May09




















439

41
Jun09




















420

37
Jul09
1
0
93
58
47
18


14
6
35
15
26
9
99
60
0
0


171
82
139
91
0
0
63
51



57%
688
390

33
Aug09




















435

32
Sep09




















505

44
Oct09



















54%
1022
555

45
Nov09




















555

45
Dec09




















507

45
2009
[2]
(proj.)
24
792
138


102
240
120
714
168


1008
1038
72
708




5701
(actual)

478
Jan10
19
5
63
38
35
12


7
4
25
18
12
9
87
65
40
20


114
55
116
67
109
73
88
53



59%
715
419

36
Feb10




















507

45
Mar10




















709

64
Apr10



















66%
970
638

55
May10




















756

71
Jun10




















756

91
Jul10
42
9
65
33
46
17


30
19
22
15
32
20
185
104
62
22


127
84
199
122
171
102
114
84



58%
1095
631

77
Aug10




















621

73
Sep10




















577

61
Oct10



















59%
1082
642

67
Nov10




















496

51
Dec10




















619

61
2010
[2]
(proj.)
84
426
174


138
198
174
1014
252


834
1134
1050
822




7371
(actual)

754
Cam #
CAOA
01
CAST
01
CHBR
01
COST
01
COST
03
COTR
01
COTR
03
MI99
01
MIRE
01
OACA
01
ORMI
01
ORMI
03
OSBE
01
STCA
01
WHWI
01
WIWH
01







Jan11
25
3
78
44
29
11


22
10
23
15
29
15
155
125
57
32


78
41
132
74
95
80
71
62



64%
794
512

45
Feb11



















60%
845
509

44
Mar11



















55%
958
531

47
Apr11
27
8
80
46
19
6


26
14
32
13
26
15
176
101
51
9


125
64
117
69
184
85
72
59



52%
935
489

48
May11



















49%
1003
496

44
Jun11



















55%
1000
554

51
Jul11
32
7
76
48
25
10


23
11
23
8
22
7
193
119
66
19


120
84
126
66
157
83
101
76



56%
964
538

47
Aug11



















61%
1095
667

58
Sep11



















62%
1127
696

62
Oct11
34
10
113
64
38
13


33
22
13
7
0
0
146
79
55
20


135
65
106
68
178
106
111
99



57%
962
553

51
Nov11



















58%
972
565

51
Dec11



















63%
1055
668

63
2011
[2]
(proj.)
354
84
1041
606
333
120


312
171
273
129
231
111
2010
1272
687
240


1374
762
1443
831
1842
1062
1065
888



58%
11710
6778
(actual)

612
Jan12
19
7
113
73
39
14


30
18
11
2
15
3
127
94
53
28


88
38
128
79
116
72
76
63



60%
815
491

42
Feb12



















66%
995
659

60
Mar12



















66%
1036
683

60
Apr12
29
14
113
86
62
32


38
17
14
12
14
10
151
119
70
40


124
100
174
104
190
122
122
102



69%
1101
758

68
May12



















65%
1079
697

63
Jun12



















66%
1121
743

65
Jul12
27
13
100
70
66
41


29
16
18
13
20
10
114
73
72
46


135
108
156
81
129
79
116
101



66%
982
651

55
Aug12



















58%
1165
671

55
Sep12



















64%
886
565

47
Oct12
6
1
150
108
64
38


0
0
0
0
24
15
0
0
7
6


114
69
271
121
166
102
109
93



61%
911
553

45
Nov12



















63%
776
486

41
Dec12



















68%
849
576

50
2012
[2]
(proj.)
243
105
1428
1011
693
375


291
153
129
81
219
114
1176
858
606
360


1383
945
2187
1155
1803
1125
1269
1077



64%
11716
7533
(actual)

650
Jan13
37
17
62
46
41
29


9
5
20
10
11
9
123
85
52
40


102
71
106
66
143
87
70
59



68%
776
524

41
Feb13
46
17
74
48
65
41


14
7
23
14
8
2
101
66
97
72


98
72
186
119
147
89
88
74



66%
947
621

45
Mar13
59
34
78
59
57
40


24
9
30
26
12
7
102
53
74
53


118
75
191
109
194
117
122
98



64%
1061
680

47
Apr13
59
29
72
55
63
36


9
5
18
16
17
9
165
100
95
67


145
88
214
134
214
142
80
67



65%
1151
748

54
May13
58
27
93
70
43
28


23
14
37
29
32
22
183
79
110
73


159
113
216
139
200
106
111
95



63%
1265
795

61
Jun13
48
32
64
44
67
56


26
21
15
10
33
25
112
53
100
83


162
128
198
141
204
125
116
103



72%
1145
821

66
Jul13
49
32
75
52
74
59


17
11
9
6
22
15
104
63
96
71


146
111
213
157
248
156
86
73



71%
1139
806

54
Aug13
72
37
120
86
63
38


40
19
4
3
30
16
122
73
80
40


156
108
126
75
213
108
109
89



61%
1135
692

49
Sep13
51
28
117
84
57
38


27
10
3
2
45
15
116
57
65
36


128
76
152
74
188
106
83
70



58%
1032
596

42
Oct13
71
34
136
83
57
31


22
4
7
2
42
17
149
69
60
40


174
89
156
19
169
103
97
76



50%
1140
567

41
Nov13
46
16
148
84
40
21


28
11
8
4
32
17
135
78
79
44


120
62
127
35
159
89
101
73



53%
1023
541

42
Dec13
48
28
91
70
26
16


23
15
10
5
33
18
146
97
79
54


124
91
128
42
143
94
104
92



65%
955
622

45
2013
[2]
644
331
1130
781
653
433


262
131
184
127
317
172
1558
873
987
673


1632
1084
2013
1110
2222
1329
1167
969



63%
12769
8013
4250
788
587
Cam #
CAOA
01
CAST
01
CHBR
01
COST
01
COST
03
COTR
01
COTR
03
MI99
01
MIRE
01
OACA
01
ORMI
01
ORMI
03
OSBE
01
STCA
01
WHWI
01
WIWH
01







Jan14
45
29
107
73
41
25


23
12
11
7
15
9
96
57
63
39


113
70
133
57
178
116
78
57



61%
903
551


48
Feb14
90
43
123
81
49
25


16
8
8
6
33
17
126
72
112
49


123
63
99
52
160
87
97
83



57%
1036
586


51
Mar14
108
60
114
82
70
45


34
17
12
9
38
23
139
93
79
49


154
99
98
60
182
103
100
84



64%
1128
724


55
Apr14
83
55
122
80
64
38


40
30
12
5
38
22
115
62
78
40


141
86
137
79
182
103
87
61



60%
1099
661

46
May14
42
28
120
84
69
42


35
18
12
9
38
25
141
82
52
35


178
135
160
111
194
130
98
76



68%
1139
775

58
Jun14
29
9
118
80
43
30


26
15
12
8
24
9
88
29
58
34


157
94
132
70
166
85
91
67



56%
944
530

46
Jul14
27
15
81
47
76
58


44
25
13
6
32
19
91
51
56
39


150
81
66
24
171
88
48
37



57%
855
490

34
Aug14
43
19
26
11
64
27


14
8
11
4
37
8
114
17
64
28


138
54
11
3
171
54
45
26



35%
738
259

20
Sep14
38
15
23
7
37
21


27
17
9
4
33
14
127
42
45
17


124
41
152
30
220
84
64
54



38%
899
346

30
Oct14
0
0
23
3
75
37


34
20
10
3
34
12
165
66
59
32


148
27
165
27
170
54
90
66



36%
973
347

28
Nov14
19
3
19
10
77
31


28
16
11
5
31
13
154
64
45
21


151
24
48
11
150
37
102
57



35%
835
292

26
Dec14
44
11
25
8
71
27


29
16
6
4
22
8
178
76
69
45


139
17
136
36
172
46
125
91



38%
1016
385

33
2014
[2]
568
287
901
566
736
406


350
202
127
70
375
179
1534
711
780
428


1716
491
1337
560
2116
987
1025
759



51%
11565
5946
3835
711
476
Jan15
31
7
14
2
76
32


6
2
14
6
49
26
102
48
52
29


107
30
132
19
171
55
78
55



37%
832
311

28
Feb15
56
2
85
40
87
26


15
2
16
7
46
18
121
50
86
34


168
54
112
8
84
50
91
21



32%
967
312

25
Mar15
95
10
100
53
96
44


18
13
12
5
68
24
170
31
109
58


150
69
144
39
208
100
89
20



37%
1259
466

30
Apr15
[11]
57
2
70
32
84
53


46
24
15
7
66
25
269
18
97
58


167
78
152
27
226
120
49
26



36%
1298
470

37
May15
20
3
98
41
72
42


49
23
8
5
59
21
210
32
57
38


197
136
113
1
230
116
23
11



41%
1136
469

33
Jun15
49
14
101
54
29
11


54
16
18
7
53
19
148
25
23
10


208
111
142
30
201
58
82
27



34%
1108
382

30
Jul15
56
20
111
49
69
33


40
15
22
6
42
8
118
42
32
3


137
55
116
36
186
52
110
48



35%
1039
367

30
Aug15
63
23
101
49
107
51
0
0
0
0
58
17
17
8
51
13
81
34
32
11
0
0
0
0
231
117
112
44
158
69
130
98



47%
1141
534

39
Sep15
70
15
129
70
127
50
0
0
0
0
31
17
7
3
4
1
128
58
8
6
0
0
0
0
247
136
188
45
200
87
126
88



46%
1265
576

44
Oct15
56
12
105
51
55
29
27
0
3
0
27
13
14
5
63
20
288
151
17
5
24
6
9
3
219
129
141
48
210
114
164
119


1359
696
50%
1422
705

53
Nov15
[12]
65
22
103
47
64
31
384
159
141
18
12
7
9
4
66
24
138
90
11
1
262
80
98
32
161
101
108
25
165
88
46
39


948
479
42%
1833
768

39
Dec15
52
9
105
35
39
24
227
80
120
3
41
18
11
5
44
24
219
131
5
0
245
93
239
91
89
51
92
25
180
107
27
22


1004
451
41%
1735
718

58
2015
[2]
670
139
1122
523
905
426
638
239
264
21
397
167
163
68
611
223
1992
710
529
253
531
179
346
126
2081
1067
1552
347
2219
1016
1015
574


13256
5513
40%
15035
6078
3664
934
455
Jan16
48
28
102
45
37
17
289
137
88
6
35
16
6
5
31
10
174
118
13
7
152
98
209
90
111
71
105
27
149
82
97
68


908
494
50%
1646
825

67
Feb16
62
20
98
47
25
15
354
183
86
12
36
20
8
5
42
13
204
137
13
5
139
64
170
57
125
33
73
18
157
83
124
92


967
488
47%
1716
804

68
Mar16
76
28
117
53
28
16
346
167
87
17
42
16
11
5
29
12
211
150
12
5
152
109
161
87
128
79
81
33
203
101
140
104


1078
602
54%
1824
982

80
Apr16
75
13
63
31
47
25
473
193
59
3
40
19
12
5
31
14
236
136
13
8
137
88
146
64
195
100
83
33
201
82
150
104


1146
570
47%
1961
918

80
May16
90
20
64
16
102
38
492
139
14
1
50
16
13
6
36
8
208
85
16
8
112
66
113
58
287
140
75
20
250
61
146
91


1337
509
37%
2068
773

60
Jun16
84
25
41
20
151
66
356
89
131
10
61
18
12
6
56
10
226
106
23
9
122
59
93
22
177
97
31
18
271
91
172
119


1305
585
38%
2007
765

60
Jul16
70
34
111
48
113
58
268
88
119
16
59
25
14
7
47
24
161
92
18
12
128
86
57
15
221
142
105
55
257
108
165
130


1341
735
49%
1913
940

76
Aug16
81
35
112
54
159
71
178
66
75
9
67
31
22
11
68
45
246
152
22
15
152
112
72
42
88
50
101
58
256
104
157
132


1379
758
53%
1856
987

67
Sep16
77
31
22
12
130
67
353
146
80
7
28
10
19
8
37
20
219
129
22
9
107
81
110
65
231
139
93
49
251
154
97
74


1226
702
53%
1876
1001

72
Oct16
73
35
104
66
129
83
476
280
71
11
29
15
24
16
49
18
217
138
15
9
77
41
160
89
286
154
104
69
122
45
160
122


1312
770
57%
2096
1191

80
Nov16
[14]
58
25
102
56
85
51
427
267
85
26
39
19
14
5
44
29
186
134
18
10
144
58
175
89
154
50
95
57
130
75
155
124


1080
635
57%
1911
1075

73
Dec16
[14]
85
42
107
54
51
32
457
244
125
51
43
22
13
9
39
20
218
167
16
12
160
69
212
111
105
58
124
56
57
20
145
116


1003
608
55%
1957
1083

76
2016
[2]
879
336
1043
502
1057
539
4469
1999
1020
169
529
227
168
88
509
223
2506
1544
201
109
1582
931
1678
789
2108
1113
1070
493
2304
1006
1708
1276


14082
7456
50%
22831
11344
6526
2429
858
Jan17
[14]
66
34
102
45
34
20
307
149
89
27
24
14
9
2
35
21
64
45
12
9
158
94
168
82
125
83
94
38
104
62
117
86


786
459
54%
1508
811

64
Feb17
[14]
62
41
110
65
37
22
325
193
111
55
22
17
14
8
41
28
30
21
6
2
145
99
120
71
129
81
110
53
176
108
130
94


867
540
61%
1568
958

72
Mar17
[14]
52
23
135
69
39
24
438
237
145
83
34
17
17
4
51
34
15
4
13
4
111
59
139
78
134
85
92
45
122
64
153
121


857
494
56%
1690
951

75
Apr17
[14]
42
24
99
50
63
40
390
171
127
53
60
37
16
7
48
24
199
134
20
10
337
26
172
79
159
100
76
37
206
90
130
92


1118
645
45%
2144
974

77
May17
[14]
37
15
89
46
35
28
446
203
111
41
49
32
13
7
46
32
215
142
16
9
300
119
100
44
199
133
92
36
209
75
148
110


1148
665
51%
2105
1072

85
Jun17
[14]
54
23
94
39
88
49
442
222
92
28
46
28
19
11
64
26
218
159
32
21
270
76
68
33
98
65
76
36
227
77
178
140


1194
674
50%
2066
1033

77
Jul17
[14]
73
27
101
46
72
44
349
138
102
46
70
46
20
8
53
24
130
71
30
13
202
73
112
45
127
89
100
53
232
79
160
122


1168
622
48%
1933
924

58
Aug17
[14]
49
13
84
41
51
29
355
167
114
40
63
38
23
14
62
34
265
186
14
8
208
88
179
59
137
84
135
72
236
78
152
111


1271
708
50%
2127
1062

74
Sep17
62
31
89
53
66
46
382
233
115
68
60
31
22
14
76
51
293
203
17
8
167
92
201
99
166
124
128
70
224
97
489
431


1692
1159
65%
2557
1651

120
Oct17
82
31
98
53
71
45
281
150
128
55
56
37
24
15
48
38
271
196
12
8
265
136
204
90
146
95
128
72
208
133
298
224


1442
947
59%
2320
1378

92
Nov17
90
35
61
31
59
26
369
215
118
50
58
46
23
16
39
30
237
169
18
8
276
147
129
60
161
111
89
59
167
114
294
226


1296
871
61%
2188
1343

92
Dec17
95
44
73
40
43
24
396
194
129
53
45
22
28
13
45
34
281
190
16
11
235
144
114
69
153
102
132
75
215
142
344
284


1470
981
62%
2344
1441

96
2017
[1]
764
341
1135
578
658
397
4480
2272
1381
599
587
365
228
119
608
376
2218
1520
206
111
2674
1153
1707
809
1734
1152
1252
646
2326
1119
2593
2041


14309
8765
55%
24551
13598
9571
3109
982
Jan18
81
39
53
28
39
21
340
178
73
38
40
26
25
13
34
21
190
129
24
8
169
99
106
56
118
84
76
35
178
107
255
199


1113
710
60%
1801
1081

70
Feb18
81
23
69
40
46
23
215
125
106
42
53
26
20
8
46
27
264
175
16
7
159
77
120
62
127
77
138
56
193
100
262
209


1315
771
56%
1915
1077

67
Mar18
147
68
75
34
50
33
414
258
110
58
56
35
14
6
49
39
405
262
17
5
184
117
166
101
166
116
115
73
210
124
301
246


1605
1041
64%
2479
1575

92
Apr18
87
25
166
83
70
47
416
263
105
60
72
53
9
6
62
39
379
243
18
8
222
128
134
78
181
150
137
87
192
123
284
228


1657
1092
64%
2534
1621

91
May18
108
57
146
82
51
40
432
246
124
69
62
41
22
10
49
32
418
267
14
8
229
137
116
64
164
114
142
87
216
125
311
262


1703
1125
63%
2604
1641

93
Jun18
93
47
135
66
66
49
366
201
98
65
55
42
17
10
61
38
382
216
7
5
228
134
104
60
159
119
104
71
211
117
369
308


1659
1088
63%
2455
1548

76
Jul18
112
57
158
101
154
82
339
218
66
24
69
45
15
10
55
37
250
150
22
14
192
111
103
67
181
133
75
41
225
143
205
148


1521
961
62%
2221
1381

63
Aug18
112
68
160
107
82
58
376
240
110
66
61
48
15
7
52
28
248
166
26
19
180
120
100
72
190
130
112
70
263
178
206
165


1527
1044
67%
2293
1542

61
Sep18
104
66
140
86
72
49
348
197
39
22
34
23
17
6
91
63
302
215
18
10
188
105
156
85
162
123
138
65
188
104
198
160


1464
970
63%
2195
1379

42
Oct18
83
51
190
119
80
53
479
278
95
54
34
24
13
7
63
42
330
236
25
10
187
116
157
79
172
116
177
72
208
139
206
165


1581
1034
62%
2499
1561

19
Nov18
99
62
165
112
64
43
434
261
123
67
22
16
15
7
80
55
283
190
24
11
177
103
83
27
132
97
134
61
170
105
200
147


1388
906
62%
2205
1364


Dec18
67
43
172
91
62
46
330
202
50
21
34
19
19
13
75
52
272
185
24
11
207
128
95
49
164
117
130
82
155
113
161
130


1335
902
65%
2017
1302


2018
[1]
1174
606
1629
949
836
544
4489
2667
1099
586
592
398
201
103
717
473
3723
2434
235
116
2322
1375
1440
800
1916
1376
1478
800
2409
1478
2958
2367


17868
11644
63%
27218
17072
10263
2865

Jan19
48
26
152
84
70
56
290
201
73
34
31
26
15
5
88
61
197
153
11
5
156
105
85
51
130
101
113
60
164
113
123
97


1142
787
67%
1746
1178


Feb19
46
22
151
94
54
43
370
281
105
53
41
33
15
14
77
59
209
156
20
15
147
111
81
54
77
55
135
87
139
107
115
97


1079
982
72%
1782
1281


Mar19
73
43
125
83
84
58
272
200
229
144
35
27
16
15
92
62
221
159
37
22
204
130
91
58
113
92
155
92
227
159
167
146


1345
958
70%
2141
1490


Apr19
80
36
134
79
95
80
343
239
113
67
11
4
15
10
111
75
229
139
24
12
216
135
95
52
106
71
155
89
177
126
170
130


1307
851
65%
2074
1344


May19  76
46
109
59
109
81
382
266
285
187
23
17
21
13
95
74
172
125
32
17
206
124
70
53
166
139
165
95
222
137
163
135


1353
938
68%
2296
1568


Jun19  90
52
99
56
123
94
323
217
258
159
51
36
22
11
101
70
239
165
15
15
57
30
83
55
180
143
112
70
216
137
190
157


1438
1006
68%
2159
1467


Jul19  75
33
95
41
168
86
333
218
261
131
51
36
17
8
64
42
328
225
23
16
77
51
131
61
166
106
180
113
175
116
137
105


1479
927
61%
2281
1388


Aug19  62
26
114
62
223
120
362
241
246
123
22
16
17
14
106
80
115
65
19
11
0
0
104
58
169
123
234
152
151
102
37
30


1269
801
62%
1981
1223


Sep19 126
69
100
57
104
67
402
285
268
150
60
31
12
8
92
62
0
0
9
5
65
50
109
61
174
127
258
173
0
0
0
0


935
599
64%
1779
1145


Oct19   144
69
104
59
106
63
423
286
267
159
73
52
16
9
81
68
0
0
19
12
108
75
87
47
178
129
229
150
0
0
0
0


950
611
64%
1835
1178


Nov19   60
19
98
62
80
64
388
270
220
147
69
46
26
22
67
53
118
91
13
10
89
42
47
17
203
159
125
91
97
74
0
0


956
691
69%
1700
1167


Dec19  25
11
77
44
160
128
356
262
234
170
65
45
6
3
64
52
408
315
7
5
92
65
113
60
170
140
135
110
166
138
0
0


1283
991
74%
2078
1548


2019 [2]
905
452
1358
780
1376
940
4244
2966
2559
1524
532
369
198
132
1038
758
2236
1593
229
145
1417
918
1096
627
1832
1385
1996
1282
1734
1209
1102
897


14536
9942
67%
23852
15977


Jan20
81
33
90
32
90
70
309
193
165
92
50
28
9
4
97
70
260
190
23
11
98
54
95
40
185
127
146
101
182
133
0
0


1213
799
63%
1880
1178


Feb20
133
36
83
28
49
28
338
153
145
71
36
16
20
13
99
59
368
232
23
12
95
37
91
38
157
95
138
64
183
102
0
0


1289
685
50%
1958
984


Mar20
























Cam #
CAOA
01
CAST
01
CHBR
01
COST
01
COST
03
COTR
01
COTR
03
MI99
01
MIRE
01
OACA
01
ORMI
01
ORMI
03
OSBE
01
STCA
01
WHWI
01
WIWH
01

[3]






Calif-
ornia
@
Oak

[4] [6]
Calif-
ornia
@
Stock-
dale
[4] [6]
Chester
NB@
Brundage


[4] [6]
Coffee/
Gosford
&
Stock-
dale
[4] [12]
Coffee/
Gosford
&
Stock-
dale
[4] [12]
Coffee
SB@
Truxtun


[4] [6]
Coffee
@
Truxtun

Left
[4] [6]
Ming
EB@
99/Valley
Plaza

[4] [6] [10]
Ming
WB@
South
Real

[4] [6] [8]
Oak
@
Calif-
ornia

[4] [6]
Old
River
&
Ming

[4] [12]
Old
River
&
Ming

[4] [12]
Oswell
NB@
Bernard


[4] [6]
Stock-
dale
@
Calif-
ornia
[4] [6]
White
@
Wible


[4] [6]
Wible
@
White


[4] [6]


Total
Violations
Recorded/

Notices
Printed,
(Not
Including
New Cams
COST
&
ORMI)
[4] [12]
Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded
[4]
Total
Violations
Recorded/

Notices
Printed,
All
Cameras
Per
Official
Monthly
CMR
Reports
[1] [4]
Total
Citations
Issued/
Rolling
Right
Citations
Per CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports
[13]
Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
[15]

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act.

Official reports, July 2005 to July 2010, Six-Month Intervals
Official reports, 2011, Three-Month Intervals
Official reports, 2011 - 2012
Official reports, 2006 - 2013
Official reports, Mar. to Nov. 2013
Official reports, 2005 - 2014
Official reports, Spring 2014
Official reports, 2006 - 2015
Official reports, First Half 2015
Official reports, to Nov. 2015
Official reports, July & Dec. 2015
Official reports, First Half 2016
Official reports, to Oct. 2016
Official reports, to Sept. 2017
Official reports, to Nov. 2017
Official reports, to May 2018
Official reports, to Aug. 2018
Official reports, to Jan. 2019
Official reports, to Sep. 2019
Official reports, to Jan. 2020
Official report, Feb. 2020

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Except  where noted, and except for the column where the totals exclude cameras COST and ORMI, the annual and monthly totals are as provided by the City.  Some monthly totals are from the 2008-2013 tally in Set # 14, below.
[2]  These 2006 and later annual citywide grand totals, or projections, are by highwayrobbery.net.  Any projections are based on just the data displayed in the table.  
[3]  Un-used column, to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4]  Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated. 
Figures in red type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what RedFlex calls Total ViolationsRecorded, or all incidents recorded by the cameras.  The figures in black type are what RedFlex calls Notices Printed, and represent the sum of genuine citations issued (those filed with the court) plus any Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets). Due to time limitations data may have been posted to the table only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months or locations will be posted.  Full official data has been received and is available at one of the links given above.
[5]  Intersection-by-intersection data has been requested but has not yet been received.
[6]  The camera enforcement is on traffic on the first-named street, but the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left) has not yet been verified.
[7]  Official data has been received, is available at the links above, but due to time constraints has not yet been fully posted to the table above.
[8]  On Jul. 20, 2004, the yellow for through movements at Ming / South real was increased from 3.5 to 3.9.  See Docs Set # 3, below.
[9]  The count for this month is not known.  However, the 2003 annual total given reflects all 12 months.
[10]  The yellow for eastbound through movements at Ming/99/Valley Plaza may have been too short.  See Docs Set # 9, below.
[11]  The report for this month was generated less than ten days after the end of the month, so not all tickets (for violations which occurred during the month) may have been approved and counted by that time.
[12]  In Nov. 2015 new cameras were activated at two new intersections:  Coffee/Gosford and Stockdale, and Old River and Ming. See Set # 10, below.
[13]  From the annual reports required, beginning with 2013, by CVC 21455.5(i).  They become available by the Fall of the following year.
[14]  The monthly total for this month is by highwayrobbery.net.
[15]  For source documents see Set # 14 below.
[16]  Data was requested on ----.


Ticketing Highlights

Per the City's annual reports, right turn ticketing in 2017 was 28% higher than in 2016, and in 2016 it was more than triple what it was in 2013 and 2014.  The right turn ticketing numbers are displayed in blue in the rightmost column in the table above.

In 2018, ticketing by the original twelve cameras (which excludes the new cameras at COST and ORMI) was almost twice what it was in 2014 and 2015.  Also, the Notices Printed as a percentage of Violations Recorded was the highest since 2013.

In 2019 ticketing by camera CHBR-01 was almost double its ticketing in 2018 and ticketing by camera COST-3  was more than double.

 
  




Bakersfield Docs Set # 3
Ming / South Real - Another Refund Needed

On Oct. 15, 2004 I received the signal timing charts for Ming / South Real.  There was a current one, created on July 20, 2004, showing 3.9 second yellows ("yellow change") for all four straight-through movements.

       
(Click here to see the complete July 20, 2004 chart.)

I also received an old chart (below) from 1994, giving the time settings that had been in effect up to July 20, 2004.  (I phoned City personnel and confirmed that there were no additional charts in-between the 1994 and July 20, 2004 charts.)

   
(Click here to see the complete 1994 chart.)

The speed limit on Ming is 40.  In a 40 zone, the required minimum yellow is 3.9 seconds.  (See Defect # 2 on the Home page.)  Thus, many of the tickets issued on or before July 20, 2004 could be invalid. 

Many of the tickets issued at Ming / South Real are probably for westbound left turns, for which a 3.0-second yellow is arguably
legally long enough (even though it has the practical effect, compared to a 4.0-second yellow, of doubling or tripling the number of cars running the left-turn).  So, if in the future there is a refund due to the too-short (3.5 second) yellow, it will probably apply only to straight-through traffic, not left turns.  To see more about the issue of 3.0-second yellows on left turns, see the second part of Defect # 2, on the Home page.

On Oct. 21, 2004 I talked to the Bakersfield police about the Ming / South Real short yellow.   On Oct. 26 they sent me an email saying that the City had been using a 1992 edition of the CalTrans Manual, which, according to them, allowed a 3.5 second yellow in a 40 zone.  They said that when they recently discovered that the manual had been updated
[sometime prior to 1998 according to the records I can find - see the CalTrans section on the Links page], they acted to increase the yellows.   The final paragraph of their email said:

"The citations issued between May 14, 2004 and July 20, 2004, were
issued in good faith and will not be dismissed.  Defendants could use
the yellow light interval as a defense, but would have to present their
case to the court.  The Police Department would use the aforementioned
information to support its position that the citations are valid."
   

A Question

The police said (above) that they issued the tickets "in good faith."  They claimed that they didn't know the law had changed (years before) and that a longer yellow was mandatory.  "Ignorance of the law" is no excuse for us civilians, and it should not be for the police and the City.  The police cannot argue that they prosecuted the tickets in good faith because, when they found out that the yellow was too short (obviously they knew by July 20) they should have stopped all prosecution of the tickets they then knew to be invalid.  But they didn't stop. 
If you think that is prosecutorial misconduct, see Set # 6, below.


More about Ming/South Real is in Sets # 5 - 7 below.



 Bakersfield Docs Set # 4
Court Congestion - Caused by Camera Tickets?

On the website of the Kern County Superior Court ( http://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/ ) I found the following Aug. 5, 2004 notice.

KERN COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT

TRAFFIC DIVISION EXPERIENCES A “TRAFFIC JAM!”

Due to a large increase in the number of tickets received by the Traffic Division of the Superior Court, many of our customers are being inconvenienced by appearing at the court on the date given on their traffic ticket, only to be given another date because the ticket was not in our system.

In order to reduce these incidents and better serve the public, we are advising our customers to wait until they receive a courtesy notice from the court before appearing. If they have not received their courtesy notice three days prior to the appearance date on their ticket, they should call the court at 868-2382 to check on the status of their ticket or e-mail the traffic division at http://www.co.kern.ca.us/courts/email_privpol.asp?s=t. [Dead link.]

The court is endeavoring to reduce the entry time for this large increase in traffic citations and hope that any inconvenience is short term.




Bakersfield Docs Set # 5
One Defendant's Experience at Court

New 12-1-04

Here is one defendant's November 2004 experience in the Bakersfield court, in his own words.


Thank you for your very helpful web site, and special thanks for the Bakersfield yellow light timing information.  The vehicle it appears I was driving was videotaped in June 2004 at the Ming and South Real intersection heading west on Ming.  The speed limit was 40 mph and the vehicle was going 32 mph (which calculates to be 46.9 feet per second) according to 2 photos taken from the video.  The first photo taken at 0.2 seconds after the light turned red shows the bottom of the vehicle's front tire (where it contacts the street) at the first, or most easterly, of the crosswalk lines.  The front bumper of the vehicle was 3 feet into the crosswalk.  At Time Zero (the instant electricity was applied to the red light) the vehicle would have been about 9.4 feet (46.9 x 0.2) back from there, with its front end about 6 feet from the line.  According to the officer who was present at my trial, the crosswalk is 8 feet wide and I would have had to be at or beyond the second crosswalk line under the yellow light to have legal "control of the intersection," which apparently means something like the right of way.  The Judge had some problem with that because the section of the law the Judge was looking at indicated that a vehicle entered the intersection when it crossed the first crosswalk line.  Since the front of my vehicle was about 6 feet from the crosswalk at the instant the red light came on, the discussion between the Judge and the police officer about where the intersection began was moot as applied to my case.  I mention this here only because it might apply to others' cases.

The officer agreed that the yellow lights at Ming and Real were set to stay on for 3.5 seconds until July 20th when they were reset to 3.9 seconds.  The officer was very adamant that 3.5 seconds was the correct timing during the period when my violation occurred.  Apparently he thought that CalTrans had not changed the timing specification until July 20, 2004.  Thanks to your advice, I had visited the CalTrans web site and had made a copy of the regulations affecting intersection lights, etc. (40 pages of which the light timing table was just a small part of one of the pages near the end of the document).  I showed the Judge that document and brought to the Judge's attention the fact that the document was dated May (20th I believe), 2004, so the yellow light should have been set at 3.9 seconds prior to the time I was alleged to have violated the red light.  [Editor's note:  CalTrans changed that spec in 1998 - see Defect # 2 on the Home page of this website.]  That extra 0.4 seconds would have enabled me to be well into the intersection under the yellow light.

I told the Judge that something was terribly wrong with the timing of the light at Ming and Real because tables available at your web site indicated that typically over 500 red light violations occurred there each month and on at least one occasion exceeded 900.  I also reminded the Judge that most of the red light offenses heard in the Judge's Court that morning were at Ming and Real.  The Judge told the police officer that the City of Bakersfield needed to abide by the standards set by CalTrans.  The Judge wanted to review some sections of the law before making a decision in my case, so I agreed to wait for the Judge's decision which I received by mail yesterday.  The letter, which was from the Court Clerk, stated, "You were found not guilty at your trial," and "Cash bail will be returned to postee in approximately four to six weeks."  I had to pay the bail amount prior to being permitted to go to trial.  Bail is set at $371, which is the fine one pays unless one goes to Court to fight the ticket.  It appeared that those who go to Court typically paid about $150 - $200.  Five-hundred-fifty violations per month at $371 per violation is $204,050.  Ming and Real is a real cash cow and it is easy to understand why the City of Bakersfield fights so hard to make those tickets stick."

Regarding the issue of how the officer established the identity of the driver, the Judge had a computer into which the officer was allowed to insert a CD which had the video on it.  I was allowed to approach the bench so that the Judge, the officer and I could view the video together.  The display would have been difficult for the rest of the people in the courtroom, except for the bailiff, to see.

I was surprised to see all of the parties who had apparently plead "not guilty" offer no, or at best, a very minimal defense.  They were most likely hoping the ticketing officer would not show up.  I believe the Judge offered each of them the opportunity to take traffic school, which most of them did.  Fines for red light violations, with the traffic school add-on, were around $200.






Bakersfield Docs Set # 6
Newspaper Article about Short Yellow in 2004


A James Burger article in the Dec. 21, 2004 Californian (page B1) carried the headlines:  "Officials Admit Yellow-Light Oversight" and "BPD says it won't cave on tickets despite city's failure to adjust signal."  The text of the article said:  "The City of Bakersfield has another red-light camera problem.  But if drivers want their tickets dismissed this time, they're gonna have to fight for it."
The article is about the short yellow discussed in Docs Set # 3, above.


Further Action

If you have a straight-through (not a left turn) ticket at Ming/South Real and the violation date is before July 20, 2004, I believe you're entitled to a dismissal, or a reversal if you have already paid it.
Whether or not you're able to take the time to go through the steps necessary to get a dismissal or reversal, I suggest that you take a little time now to file a complaint with Attorney General Lungren in Sacramento.  He has an on-line complaint form at: 
http://ag.ca.gov/consumers/mailform.htm .
 



Bakersfield Docs Set # 7
Re-Opening Your Case


New 12-24-04

I wrote what follows for a defendant who just wrote to me and said that he pled guilty and paid his Ming/South Real ticket (straight- though, not a left turn) four or five months ago but now wants to get his money back.

"First step would be to get and fill out a one-page "re-open" form - a request to be allowed to re-open your case and get a new trial - then file it with the court clerks.  (Full title of form:  "Bail Forfeiture Set Aside Motion to Re-open Case."  This process is authorized by CVC 40512.)  The clerks will schedule a date for you to go before a judge to ask him to grant the request to re-open.  If the judge grants the request to re-open, then you can plead not guilty and get a trial date.  (That first judge you see will also have it within his power to clear the matter for you right then and there, without you having to go to trial.  So ask that judge to reverse your conviction.  But it will depend upon the judge.)"

"It becomes more difficult to re-open a case that has been closed for more than 6 months, so you will need to start without much delay.  To figure the 6 months, you need to know that cases are closed once the fine has been paid and proof of attendance at traffic school (if required) has been received by the clerks."

"If you end up having to go to trial, at that trial you would go though an abbreviated version of the trial described in Bakersfield Documents # 5, above.  Hopefully very abbreviated.  With the article in this week's [Dec. 21] Californian, I think that by the time you get to court all the judges should be familiar with the problem so that you won't have to do much explaining."

"If going back to court is going to cost you money for lost work or travel to court, etc., you may want to consider an additional filing - filing a claim with the city for the costs you have incurred, and will incur, due to their mistaken prosecution.    The process would be similar to what I describe on the Costa Mesa Documents page.  I would recommend filing it right away because maybe the city would prefer to reverse your ticket themselves, so that you don't run up any more expenses that they will have to pay.  You get the claim form from the city."

"In most courts you can get a re-open form from the clerks at the courthouse, fill it out at the window, submit it, and you've got a court date.  However, I was just checking on the Kern court's
website and I see that they have recently posted a copy of the full formal routine they would like people to go through.  Also posted is a sample form.  It's all at http://www.co.kern.ca.us/courts/Informational_Sheet_Traffic.pdf.   [As of March 2005 the link ceased working.]  They probably had to post it because of so many people applying to re-open their Ming/South Real camera tickets.  I suspect that in reality the process is more-streamlined and less formal."

If you already have been through the re-open process, please send me details about whatever steps you went through to get your money back, so that I can post more information here.  Also note:  This simple process would not apply to a case where you went to trial and were found guilty.



Bakersfield Docs Set # 8
More Signal Timing Charts


Charts Received in Jan. 2016
Charts Received in June 2018 (20 MB)



Bakersfield Docs Set # 9
Ming / 99 / Valley Plaza - Yet Another Refund Needed


On June 7, 2005 a defendant sent me a copy of this signal timing chart for Ming / 99 /Valley Plaza.
 


(Click here to see the complete chart. )

It showed a 3.5 second "Yellow Change" for the eastbound ("EB") movement (or "phase"), which is too short.  The speed limit on Ming is 40.  In a 40 zone, the required minimum yellow is 3.9 seconds for a thru movement.  (See Defect # 2 on the Home page.)  Thus, many eastbound tickets could be invalid.

On June 8 and 10 I phoned the City traffic engineering department to see if the chart, which bore the inscription "printed on 8/26/2004," was still current.  During the conversation of the 8th, they told me it was.  On the 10th I phoned Lt. Borton, who runs the camera program, and he told me that he thought the yellow had been increased to 3.9 sometime in 2004.  Later that day I called traffic engineering again.  This time they told me that they remembered lenthening the yellow in 2004, that it probably was done around the same time (July 20, 2004) as the yellow at Ming/Real was lengthened, but that the only notation as to the exact date would be on the documents kept in the signal cabinet at the intersection.  I then filed a request for copies of those documents.  On June 16 I got a call from a traffic engineering staff member who told me that the chart (above) had been mis-labeled as to phase assignments, and that the City was mailing me a corrected chart.  I will post a copy of the corrected chart here, as soon as it is received.

Despite the confusion about the labeling on the chart, I think that it is still likely that the yellow was too short on tickets issued before July 20, 2004 - of which there are about 170.   In the meantime, if you have a Ming/99 thru ticket, I suggest that you get a copy of the video (do a Discovery) and check the length of the yellow by playing the video frame-by-frame on your computer, using a program like Windows Movie Maker.




Bakersfield Docs Set # 10
The Contracts, Amendments, and the Price

2002 Contract
2008 Staff Report
2008 Contract
2009 Amendment


These
statistics, obtained from the City in Jan. 2014, were an early indicator of what would happen when it came time for the city council to decide whether to continue the program, or let the contract expire.

To see how the cost neutrality works, go to Set # 14, below.

In March 2014 it
looked like the police might extend the contract for just one year, but then a new staff report came out, asking the council to vote on a two-year extension. 
At the June 4 meeting the council adopted the extension, without discussion.

Signed Copy of Extension to June 2016, with Internal Correspondence


The Price

In March 2014 the City of Elk Grove, California approved a new contract which specified the following rents for their five RedFlex cameras.


From Exh. D of the Elk Grove Contract

On Apr. 22, 2014, highwayrobbery.net wrote to the Bakersfield PD business manager, and suggested that he negotiate the rent.

The contract presented to the council on June 4, 2014 did not address the rent, so the City paid 93% too much (compared to Elk Grove prices) over the two years of the extension, $466,704 extra.  To cover that extra rent, the City needed to issue an extra 4667 tickets (assuming that the City receives an average of $100 for each ticket issued).
 
And there was no way out.  The contract
did not contain an escape clause - a way for the city council to end the program, or renegotiate the price, before the two years is up.


Five-Year Extension to 2020 - Paying $1,266,000 Too Much - and Still No Way Out

  On Aug. 12, 2015 the city council reviewed a two page
staff report (which did not discuss safety, at all - it was just about adding more cameras, and money), discussed the matter for six minutes, and voted 6 - 1 (Maxwell: nay) to sign contract amendment # 3 which extended the program to Aug. 2020.
They agreed to pay $39,100 monthly rent for the twelve original cameras, but since those cameras were all more than ten years old at that time, they should not have agreed to pay a dime more than $18,000 per month ($1500 per camera). 
Over the 60 months of the extension, the City will pay $1.266 million extra rent, and to cover that extra rent the City will need to issue an extra 12,660 tickets.

The contract amendment also replaced the former Cost Neutrality clause with an unusual and complex one (Ventura and Citrus Heights have similar clauses) under which the term of the contract will be extended one day for each $2063 the fine revenue falls short of paying RedFlex the full monthly rent, $61,902.  See Exh. D of the amended contract.  (The rent rose to $61,902 upon the activation of four new cameras in Dec. 2015.)

It is unclear whether the top paragraph on page two of the staff report was a "finding of fact" as required by
CVC 21455.5(c)(2)(A) for the four new cameras.  Neither the minutes of the meeting nor the video shows any discussion of a finding of fact.

Here is the survey RedFlex conducted to show the potential ticket production by the new cameras.

Redflex video survey of new
                              cameras in Bakersfield  

For info about how much net revenue the program makes, see Set # 14, below.

For more info about what other cities pay, see FAQ # 17.

This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of June 22, 2018.




Bakersfield Docs Set # 11
Lawyer's Court Victory

From KGET-TV, Bakersfield, July 20, 2005 -

Anchor Robin Mangarin:  Red light cameras can catch you red handed, but what if you weren't the one behind the wheel?  Should you be compelled to snitch on your wife or kids if they get caught running a red light?  KGET-17's Kiyoshi Tomono has the story of a Bakersfield man who faced that very dilemma.
Reporter Kiyoshi Tomono:  A flash of light and suddenly you're caught on camera and getting a ticket for running a red light.  It happened to local lawyer Bill Slocumb.  Thing is, neither he nor his wife was behind the wheel.
“My stepdaughter ran the red light southbound on Coffee Road onto Truxtun Avenue,” said Slocumb.
But Slocumb’s wife got the $350 ticket.
In the same envelope was a form encouraging the couple to divulge who may have been driving if it wasn’t them.
They decided to fight in court.
Slocumb said the judge didn’t push the issue and dismissed the ticket, but the Bakersfield police still wanted to know who was driving.
“The officer who apparently runs the red light program demanded [[during a phone conversation before the court session]] to know the name of the driver, the address of the driver, whether I knew if she was a California licensed driver or not, and we simply told him that we were not interested in providing that information,” said Slocumb.
But does the officer's request or the city's form have any teeth?
Police said it’s a matter of civic duty and safety.
“If someone is driving your car and they run the red light and they [[you?]] get the notification, sure, we think that you should identify the violator,” said Det. Mary DeGeare from the Bakersfield Police Department. “It's an infraction. It's a red light violation. But there's no law that says you have to do that.”
DeGeare said not being able to identify the driver is not the norm.
“There's a process in place that helps us identify who the driver is,” she said. “We're able to compare, usually, the violator's photo to their driver's license photo.”
Reporter Tomono:  Bottom line, read the fine print.
Slocumb said he thinks he’s lucky because he’s a lawyer.
“I guess it was a happy ending and we moved on with our lives,” he said.

From KGET-TV 7-20-05, with emphasis added, and clarifying notes, in [[  ]].

(For more about this issue, see the "It's Not Me!" section on the Your Ticket page.)




Bakersfield Docs Set # 12
Misleading Info on the Court's Website


As of October 2006 the court's website ( http://www.kern.courts.ca.gov/traffictickets.asp#photo ) said:


"If you receive a photo-enforced red light citation or notice of violation and you were not the driver, you must follow the instructions on the citation or notice of violation and complete the accompanying form to identify the driver who committed the violation. If you need further assistance, either go to the Bakersfield Police Department or call them at (661) 326-3882. Failure to respond to the citation or notice of violation may result in further penalties such as additional fines or driver's license holds.  [Emphasis (bolding) added by highwayrobbery.net.]

I say:  You are not required to tell anyone who was driving the car, so the mandatory "must" is incorrect, and should not be on a court website.  See the "It's Not Me!" section on the Your Ticket page.
(It is OK for such a misleading/false statement to be on a document sent to you by the police - they are allowed to lie to you!  But not the court.)




Bakersfield Docs Set # 13
"Late Time" Graphs

  The City has provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera, for each of its cameras, on several occasions. 
These graphs track violations recorded, not tickets issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time violations in a curb lane, it is believed to indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.
(The curb lane will be the lane with the highest lane number.)


Grand Terrace late times bar
                                    chart
The picture above is an example from another city.

OSBE-01Jan2006
OSBE-01Jul2010

CHBR-01Jan2006
CHBR-01Jul2010

COTR-01Jan2006
COTR-01Jul2010

COTR-03Jan2006
COTR-03Jul2010

MI00-01Jan2006
MI99-01Jul2010

MIRE-01Jan2006
MIRE-01Jul2010

OACA-01Jan2006
OACA-01Jul2010

CAOA-01Jan2006
CAOA-01Jul2010

CAST-01Jan2006
CAST-01Jul2010

STCA-01Jan2006
STCA-01Jul2010

WHWI-01Jan2006
WHWI-01Jul2010

WIWH-01Jan2006
WIWH-01Jul2010

All Cameras, Jul2012

All Cameras, Jul2013

All Cameras, Jul2014

All Cameras, Dec2015

The New Cameras, Jun2016

All Cameras, Jun2019

Bar graphs are available for more than fifty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.





Bakersfield Docs Set # 14
Revenue/Expense Documents Show How Cost Neutrality Works

Invoices, vouchers and spreadsheets show how cost neutrality works.

Invoices
Vouchers and Spreadsheets
Running Tally, 2008 - 2012
Running Tally and Invoices, 2008 - Nov. 2013
Running Tally, to Apr. 2014
Running Tally, to Nov. 2015
Running Tally, to Apr. 2016
Running Tally, to Oct. 2017
Revenue & Cites Paid, by Year and Month, 2008 - 2018




Bakersfield Docs Set # 15
Snitch Tickets

To see an example of the City's fake/Snitch Tickets, go
here.





Bakersfield Docs Set # 16
Business Rules:  Identifying the Driver

The City's
Redflex Citation Review Process says:

"The officer assigned to review the citations is required to utilize all information available to determine that the correct individual be identified
when a red light violation occurs and is captured by the Redflex system."





Bakersfield Docs Set # 17

More Coming

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