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City of El Monte Documents
(and Information)

El Monte, pop. 113,000, is 12 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.

Some of El Monte'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 "Fake Ticket."  For more details, see the Fake Ticket section on the Your Ticket page.

Be sure to read the "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 2 on the LA County Documents page.

El Monte Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded (some months) and Citations Issued

(Be sure to read the footnotes.)

New 10-21-04, updated 12-29-04

Cam #	LASA-01 Lower Azusa WB@ Santa Anita Left	PERA-01 Ramona EB@ Peck [6]  [7] Left	PERA-03 Ramona WB@ Peck [6]  [7] Left	SALA-01 Santa Anita SB@ Lower Azusa Left	[3]														Total Cites Issued as % of Recorded	Total Recorded/ Issued [1]
Apr03
May03
Jun03
Jul03
Aug03
Sep03
Oct03
Nov03
Dec03	45	464 313	337 128	113																599
2003
Jan04	40	399 287	319 161	77																565
Feb04	35	262 184	290 207	94																520
Mar04 [7]	21	369 296	427 257	91																665
Apr04 [7]	26	185 126	252 161	87																400
May04 [7]	25	153 105	110 56	79																265
Jun04	12	118 68	127 77	71																228
Jul04	11	111 68	144 66	66																211
Aug04	40 20	117 77	130 88	81 58															66%	368 243
Sep04	43 32	132 48	150 81	102 65															53%	427 226
Oct04	42 32	144 102	148 93	94 70															69%	428 297
Nov04
Dec04
2004
Jan05
Feb05
Mar05
Apr05
May05
Jun05
Jul05
Aug05
Sep05
Oct05
Nov05
Dec05
2005

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.
[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[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, and may have been posted only for selected months, due to time limitations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months will be posted.  The figures in black type are citations issued.
[6]  Until Dec. 29, 2004, I wrote here:  "Of the two Peck / Ramona cameras, one covers SB Peck lefts, and the other covers WB Ramona lefts."  That information was partially incorrect.  As of Dec. 29, there is no camera on southbound Peck.
[7]  The March - May drop in Peck / Ramona citations coincides with the  Apr. 12  completion date of a new signal timing chart  for that intersection.  The new chart shows yellow times of 3.5 seconds for both left turn movements.  I have requested, but have not yet received, the chart  with the settings that would have been in effect prior to Apr. 12. 

El Monte Docs Set # 2
Warning Sign Blocked - Santa Anita at Lower Azusa

A reader sent photos of the Santa Anita / Lower Azusa intersection, showing that a required warning sign (see Defect # 4) was blocked by a palm tree, until March 11, 2005.


(Photo taken after trimming of tree.)

The obscured warning sign would affect the validity of all tickets at that intersection, not just the southbound left turn. 
The photos are a big file, 1500 kb, so are on a separate page.  Photos, southbound Santa Anita sign

El Monte Docs Set # 3
Program Closed

On Oct. 21, 2008, the El Monte city council voted to end the issuance of tickets, effective Nov. 30, 2008.  But they will continue to prosecute the tickets issued before that date.  For more info, read this article and follow the link it contains.

El Monte Docs Set # 4
The Contract, Etc.

2003 Contract

The contract did not include a "cost neutrality" clause.

The contract also said:  Definitions.  "Warning Period" means the period of thirty (30) days after the Installation Date. 
See Defect # 6.

This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the ones listed above.

El Monte Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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