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If you haven't already done so, please read the Cerritos  section on the Camera Towns page

City of Cerritos Documents (Cameras Closed Aug. 2016)
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Cerritos, pop. 57,000, is 12 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.




It may be possible to completely ignore a Cerritos ticket.
1.  If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake ticket, which I call a "Snitch Ticket."  For more details about Snitch Tickets, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page
.
2.  The LA County Superior Court does not report ignored red light camera tickets to the DMV.  More info is in "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 2 on the LA County Documents page.



Vote No on Donald Wagner

Do you live in Orange County, in or near Anaheim, Corona del Mar, Costa Mesa, El Toro, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna, Lake Forest, Newport Beach, Orange, Tustin, or Villa Park?  Was Donald Wagner your State assemblymember?
In 2014 Wagner was the sponsor of Assembly Bill 2487 which would have taken away your right to a Trial de Novo.
In early 2015, while he still was in the Assembly, Wagner ran to jump over to the State Senate, but lost to John Moorlach.  Early the next year he started another Senate run against fellow Republican Moorlach, but backed down after encountering heavy criticism from their Party followed by the Party's endorsement of his opponent.  Later in 2016, when he was just months away from being termed-out of the Assembly, he ran for mayor of the City of Irvine, and won.

Donald Wagner
Donald Wagner

It's predictable that Wagner will go after higher office again.
Please don't reward him with your vote.




In 2018, Vote No on Sheila Kuehl

Do you live in LA County?  Was Zev Yaroslavsky your County Supervisor?  (From 1994 to 2014 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.  (See
Measure M on the Action/Legis page, for more about that tax.)

Kuehl will be up for re-election in Nov. 2018 and Nov. 2022.


 

  Cerritos Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded (in red type) and Citations Issued (4)

New 9-25-04, updated  12-5-16


Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Right
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Right
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Thru


South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Right
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Thru

South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Right
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Right
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Right

Total
Recorded/
Issued
(1) (4)
Feb03




















Mar03
29
34

19
2














84
Apr03
47
37

33
11














128
May03
55
46

27
8














136
Jun03
36
33

8
5







109
23
0

17
0


122
Jul03
52
37

26
9







255
66
1

46
1


238
Aug03
48
46

21
3

33
6


46
10


218
50
6

78
1


269
Sep03
49
38

13
6

121
37


217
58


201
62
8

46
0


317
Oct03
28
24

6
5

125
25


240
33


191
40
6

51
0


218
Nov03
14
26

11
2

100
15


196
31


213
32
0

53
1


185
Dec03
19
36

9
2

85
11


200
36


239
24
1

117



255
2003




















Jan04
16
33

6
2

75
16


153
25


205
48
1

52



169
Feb04
15
39

9
0

73
11


182
33


184
26
0

47



180
Mar04
18
26

6
1

75
8


183
32


147
16
4

24



135
Apr04
11
16

7
2

83
11


179
34


161
22
6

36



145
May04
24
26

13
2

96
11


212
38


160
33
11

37
13


208
Jun04
34
40

23
5

97
10


221
67


158
39
13

39
5


275
Jul04
37
44

19
1

69
12


221
61


174
43
10

20
11


258
Aug04
23
40

21
7

66
13


249
67


165
36
12

25
11


255
Sep04
(5)



















Oct04
(5)


















Nov04
(5)


















Dec04
(5)


















2004
(5)


















2005
(5)


















2006
(5)


















2007
(5)


















2008
61
20
1
72
4
2
184
0
4
547
0
15
149
2
3
88
18
0

6314
1170
Jan09
46
16
0
0
4
1
56
17
5
0
4
3
72
20
0
0
5
2
147
59
0
0
5
1
116
37
16
0
14
6
12
7
5
0
12
0

507
169
Feb09
(9)


















489
102
Mar09
(9)

















529
127
Apr09
20
7
7
0
0
0
65
14
5
0
0
0
80
22
0
0
0
0
154
19
0
0
0
0
72
12
18
0
0
0
16
8
3
0
0
0

440
82
May09
(9)

















495
80
Jun09
(9)

















321
50
Jul09
47
15
7
0
0
0
51
13
5
1
0
0
48
14
0
0
1
0
105
38
0
0
1
1
32
12
15
1
0
0
14
3
6
2
0
0

332
100
Aug09
(9)

















492
109
Sep09
(9)

















321
109
Oct09
51
24
9
2
0
0
88
14
3
1
0
0
44
8
0
0
0
0
131
64
0
0
0
0
33
14
2
0
0
0
5
2
6
0
0
0

372
129
Nov09
(9)

















373
148
Dec09
(9)

















373
167
2009
(6)
(9)


















5044
1372
Jan10
42
19
4
2
1
0
32
8
6
0
2
0
38
6
0
0
2
0
129
63
1
0
3
3
40
10
12
1
0
0
5
3
5
0
0
0

322
115
(7)
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Right
&
Thru
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Right
&
Thru
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Thru


South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Right
&
Thru
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Thru

South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Right
&
Thru
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Right
&
Thru
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Right
Only

Total
Recorded/
Issued
(1) (4)
Cam #
CE01
Lane
2
CE01
Lane
1
CE01
Lane
3
CE02
Lanes 3 & 4
CE03
Lanes
1 & 2
CE02
Lane
5
CE06
Lanes
3 & 4

CE06
Lane 5
CE07
Lanes
2 & 3

CE07
Lane 4
CE04
Lanes
2 & 3

CE04
Lane
4
CE05
Lanes
2 & 3

CE05
Lane
4


Feb10
(8) (10)

















19
0
Mar10
29
6
39
0
230
44
35
3
43
0
153
17
112
29

652
88
101
29

305
110
67
13

151
17
82
9

462
175

2471
540
Apr10
20
4
28
1
158
45
21
5
18
0
73
7
100
18

487
65
96
23

270
93
60
12

130
25
59
4

420
162

1940
464
May10
(9)

















2297
542
Jun10
(10)

















1972
371
Jul10
16
3
33
3
196
45
45
6
31
1
175
53
100
17

401
47
98
22

261
67
75
6

120
32
91
5

460
123

2102
430
Aug10
(9)

















2005
477
Sep10
(5)


















Oct10
9
2
25
0
149
27
42
9
53
5
197
45
45
5

297
34
91
16

239
66
47
7

122
34
68
3

424
118

1808
371
Nov10
(9)

















1732
354
Dec10
(5)


















2010
(9)


















20099
4207
Jan11
14
2
24
0
132
18
33
3
34
2
154
18
80
7

260
21
79
13

205
34
50
7

96
21
71
0

328
73

1560
219
Feb11
(5)



















Mar11
(5)


















Apr11
13
7
14
1
121
22
28
7
29
8
146
30
28
9

214
34
41
14

158
55
22
7

57
16
43
8

362
154

1280
372
May11
6
1
15
1
106
18
21
8
16
3
111
20
18
8

123
18
43
14

139
52
46
13

111
37
48
11

319
144

1122
348
Jun11
6
2
16
0
92
13
38
9
9
3
126
28
21
10

118
21
35
20

127
36
46
12

128
50
53
11

309
139

1124
354
Jul11
12
3
8
0
111
22
24
5
21
3
171
32
14
5

116
22
28
13

153
60
37
16

98
32
34
13

224
93

1051
319
Aug11
9
3
19
2
118
14
41
6
21
1
165
28
17
4

164
33
86
22

301
98
48
10

121
32
56
5

371
92

1537
350
Sep11
16
0
19
0
146
22
48
4
21
2
118
16
21
2

113
9
98
15

267
53
39
11

133
22
51
4

689
72

1779
233
Oct11
17
2
25
2
175
30
31
8
33
5
117
16
28
4

177
16
73
17

225
43
65
16

146
40
80
13

541
137

1733
349
Nov11
20
3
14
0
142
27
22
2
23
4
121
13
26
12

176
16
94
12

238
54
26
7

154
33
66
9

490
134

1612
326
Dec11
15
2
20
2
131
23
68
5
34
9
130
25
65
25

488
86
90
20

222
60
18
3

111
21
58
12

637
237

2087
530
2011
(9)


















17695
4058
Jan12
18
3
26
0
111
24
19
6
28
3
103
22
57
12

272
26
99
16

299
76
19
2

171
41
70
7

494
129

1796
367
Feb12
21
4
11
2
121
26
24
8
28
3
135
24
43
10

239
35
125
24

82
18
52
5

140
41
77
14

492
164

1590
378
Mar12
(9)






197
29








559
151

1627
352
Apr12
11
2
23
4
111
23
22
5
19
2
91
26
24
4

179
23
51
10

158
40
65
18

176
62
87
22

492
154

1509
395
May12
(9)






181
19








492
168

1467
353
Jun12
(9)






367
64








413
113

1579
325
Jul12
(9)






315
43








712
81

1951
330
Aug12
(9)






366
42








370
101

1705
342
Sep12
(9)






285
32








452
121

1646
298
Oct12
(9)






346
40








227
58

1514
272
Nov12
24
5
27
1
216
28
30
4
20
2
49
7
59
14

370
56
110
23

230
52
42
7

133
43
40
4

350
94

1700
340
Dec12
(9)

















1913
397
2012
(6)


















4149
Jan13
-
10
-
3
-
40
-
4
-
1
-
18
-
18

-
23
-
20

-
62
-
23

-
39
-
2

-
74

1694
337
Feb13
-
7
-
3
-
35
-
6
-
1
-
24
-
15

-
32
-
11

-
37
-
9

-
28
-
1

-
46

1370
255
Mar13
-
3
-
3
-
33
-
6
-
2
-
20
-
9

-
12
-
14

-
37
-
10

-
39
-
4

-
48

1513
240
Apr13
-
2
-
2
-
42
-
6
-
4
-
31
-
11

-
27
-
18

-
54
-
13

-
34
-
2

-
32

1589
278
May13
-
7
-
0
-
42
-
5
-
2
-
26
-
12

-
27
-
25

-
66
-
12

-
41
-
1

-
20

1700
286
Jun13
-
4
-
0
-
25
-
5
-
2
-
14
-
12

-
21
-
19

-
54
-
4

-
25
-
2

-
16

1621
203
Jul13
-
2
-
4
-
24
-
4
-
1
-
18
-
19

-
24
-
19

-
58
-
9

-
43
-
3

-
28

1579
256
Aug13
-
4
-
3
-
33
-
7
-
3
-
3
-
19

-
37
-
25

-
79
-
21

-
39
-
0

-
20

1694
293
Sep13
-
3
-
1
-
32
-
3
-
1
-
20
-
17

-
26
-
19

-
67
-
8

-
30
-
0

-
17

1515
244
Oct13
-
4
-
3
-
24
-
0
-
6
-
10
-
9

-
36
-
16

-
56
-
11

-
31
-
0

-
14

1594
220
Nov13
-
7
-
1
-
39
-
9
-
2
-
18
-
13

-
42
-
20

-
81
-
13

-
22
-
4

-
27

1694
298
Dec13
-
6
-
3
-
34
-
5
-
0
-
11
-
15

-
29
-
22

-
45
-
11

-
13
-
1

-
20

1821
215
2013
(2)
59
26
403
60
29
213
169

336
228

696
144

384
20

362

3125
Jan14
(9)

















1444
224
Feb14
(9)

















1214
216
Mar14
18
2
30
4
206
39
24
4
34
3
63
12
36
10

152
13
128
26

264
55
51
12

91
28
16
0

62
14

1175
222
Apr14
31
11
32
1
195
46
29
5
43
5
59
16
85
16

299
34
137
23

255
55
47
13

98
32
13
2

81
20

1404
279
May14
37
7
28
2
194
48
32
6
35
6
74
24
83
22

305
59
141
32

275
93
51
11

118
54
31
6

170
47

1575
417
Jun14



















1690
407
Jul14



















1642
334
Aug14



















1675
399
Sep14



















1694
292
Oct14



















2086
326
Nov14



















1735
304
Dec14
30
7
27
4
233
67
26
8
169
3
98
24
58
15

393
59
131
19

307
84
58
14

114
42
118
17

445
111

2207
474
2014
(2)



















19541
3894
Jan15



















1921
312
Feb15



















1750
164
Mar15



















1994
268
Apr15



















1908
384
May15



















1960
418
Jun15



















1793
210
Jul15



















1749
295
Aug15



















1891
382
Sep15



















1778
340
Oct15



















2037
236
Nov15
38
8
41
3
259
35
29
4
86
5
71
13
60
12

292
31
144
17

347
62
70
18

122
24
79
8

454
52

2092
292
Dec15
45
11
52
3
274
54
52
11
66
6
144
35
76
22

600
70
157
29

337
70
66
21

142
42
136
14

597
132

2744
520
2015



















23617
3821
Jan16



















2310
384
Feb16



















2124
300
Mar16



















2278
377
Apr16



















2239
395
May16



















2416
378
Jun16



















2110
240
Jul16



















1362
234
Aug16



















332
0
Sep16


C
L
O
S
E
D












Oct16




















Nov16




















Dec16




















2016
(2)



















2592
(proj.)
(2)
(7)
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
NB@
Artesia
Right
&
Thru
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Thru
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Left
Bloom-
field
SB@
Artesia
Right
&
Thru
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Thru


South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
EB@
Grid-
ley
Right
&
Thru
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Thru

South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Left
South
WB@
Grid-
ley
Right
&
Thru
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
EB@
Stude-
baker
Right
&
Thru
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Thru
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Left
South
WB@
Stude-
baker
Right
Only

Total
Recorded/
Issued
(1) (4)
Cam #
CE01
Lane
2
CE01
Lane
1
CE01
Lane
3
CE02
Lanes 3 & 4
CE03
Lanes
1 & 2
CE02
Lane
5
CE06
Lanes
3 & 4

CE06
Lane 5
CE07
Lanes
2 & 3

CE07
Lane 4
CE04
Lanes
2 & 3

CE04
Lane
4
CE05
Lanes
2 & 3

CE05
Lane
4



This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly reports of citations actually issued.

Official reports, 2003 - 2004
Official reports, 2008 - Feb. 2009

Official reports, 2009
Official reports, Jan. 2010 (last month of Nestor data)
Official reports, 2010, Jan. to Aug. monthly totals
Official reports, 2010 - 2011, including annual totals
Official reports, 2012, Jan. - Feb.
Official reports, 2012, Mar. - Nov.
Official reports, 2012 - 2013
Official reports, 2010 - 2014
Official annual reports, 2013, 2014
Official reports, 2014 - 2015
Official reports, Spring 2015
Official reports, late 2015

Official reports, 2016, Jan. - June
Official reports, 2016, July & Aug.

(  ) indicates a footnote.
(1) Totals are as provided by the City.
  (2)  This annual total, or annual projection, is by highwayrobbery.net.  The 2016 projection is based upon activity ending in the middle of August.
(3)  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
(4)  Figures in red type are "raw" violations recorded by the cameras.  The figures in black type are citations issued.
(5)  No data has been requested.
(6)  Overall total or projection for this year is by highwayrobbery.net.
(7) 
This title bar is for the ATS system, which began in Feb. 2010.
(8)  Feb. 2010 is first month of operation under ATS software.
(9) Intersection-by-intersection data for this month or year has not been posted, or fully posted, in the table, but is available
at one of the links just below the table.
(10) Intersection-by-intersection data for this month or year has not been requested.




Cerritos Docs Set # 2
Mickey Mouse Tickets - Mostly Right Turns

Our estimate is that in 2013, 67% of the City's tickets were for turns, mostly right turns.





Cerritos Docs Set # 3
Delayed Signal Lamp

In early March 2005 a reader of this website sent me this photo he took of the signal at westbound South St. / Studebaker.

One signal is red, the other is
                        yellow!

Evidently, the City had two different kinds of lamps in the signal, some LED's, and some incandescent bulbs.  See Defect # 7 on the Home page for an explanation why some lamps take longer to come on.   If you would like to see a sequence of photos taken at 1/16 second intervals, click on the photo above.  (Big file - 584 kb)

Below is a copy of the photos from the reader's ticket, which was from November 2004.
In the first photo below, you can see that the lighted lamp on the long arm is in the upper, or red, position, while the lighted lamp on the vertical pole is in the middle, or yellow, position.  



In the second photo from the ticket, you can see that the lighted lamp (on the pole) is now in the upper, or red, position.
Since the ticket said that the car crossed the limit line 0.25 second after the red (I call this the "Late Time"), we assume that the first photo on the ticket was taken after the power to the red lamps had been on for 0.25 second.
In March 2005 the sheriff agreed to dismiss the reader's ticket, but stated that the problem had been fixed.

If your ticket is at any Cerritos intersection and the Late Time is 0.25 or less, I recommend that you carefully examine the photos, to see if the the lights were correct.

If you are looking at your ticket and are having trouble telling whether the lights are red or yellow, have a look at FAQ # 20 on the Links page.



Cerritos Docs Set # 4
The Pay Per Ticket Contract, Guidelines (Program Closed Aug. 2016)

2002 Contract & 2003 Amendment
More of 2002 Contract
Guidelines (Policies and Procedures)
Transfer from Nestor to ATS

The contract expired when the cameras were three years old in March 2006 and after that the arrangement with the camera vendor was month-to-month. 
Each month the City pays the greater of $3987 for each camera (an overpayment of $71,064 annually when compared with a target rent of $3000 for cameras older than five years - s
ee FAQ # 17) - or $77.75 per citation issued.  Thus, in those months when the number of citations issued exceeds 51 per (average) camera, the City will pay more than the minimum rent of $3987.
Sample Invoices


Program Closed !


At their meeting of July 14, 2016 the city council voted 4 - 1 to shut off the cameras.  Enforcement was to end in the middle of Aug. 2016.

Staff Report, Addl. Matls., Minutes

Article
 


This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of July 15, 2016.





Cerritos Docs Set # 5
Cameras Stolen

In June 2012 it was reported that thieves stole valuable components of the camera systems in Cerritos.




Cerritos Docs Set # 6
The Revenue


The City's monthly ticket revenue from the court is available in the Revenue Spreadsheet on the
LA County Docs page.




Cerritos Docs Set # 7
More Coming

There may be some more Cerritos information posted in the next few weeks.  Mark your calendar to remind you to come back here and look!




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