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you haven't already done so, please read the
Solana Beach section on the Camera Towns page
City of Solana Beach Documents
(and Information)
Solana Beach, pop. 14,000, is on the
coast 15 miles north of San Diego.
The City signed a contract with RedFlex on Dec. 30,
2003, and began issuing warning tickets in Oct. 2004.
Some of Solana Beach'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 on the Your Ticket page, and Set
# 1, 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.
2014 election Sheila Kuehl won the race to succeed
him, by a narrow margin.
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.
She also voted to put an additional LA County-wide
sales tax, going 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.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 1
Ticket
Counts
Total
Violations Recorded, Notices Printed, and Citations
Issued [4]
New 11-14-05,
updated 3-5-19
Snitch Tickets
The City's use of Nominations (a.k.a. Snitch
Tickets) probably explains,
(A) the discrepancy between the figures for
Notices Printed and Total Cites Issued (filed with the
court), and
(B) the month-to-month overlap in the serial
numbers (in 2005).
See the table's footnotes for further details.
Cam #
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101L
01
|
LOSH
01
|
SHLO
01 |
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Hwy 101
SB @
Lomas
Santa Fe
|
Lomas
Santa Fe
EB @
Solana
Hills
|
Solana
Hills
NB @
Lomas
Santa Fe |
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|
[3]
|
Serial
Number
Range
of
Citations
Issued
This
Month,
per
Invoices
|
Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded |
Total
Violations
Recorded/
Notices
Printed/
Per
Official
Monthly
CMR
Reports
and
Citations
Issued
per
Invoices
[1] [4] [11]
|
All Citations
Issued
Rolling
Right
Citations
per
CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports:
[10]
|
Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
[12] |
Oct04
|
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Nov04
[11]
|
74
|
17
|
92 |
|
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|
[7]
|
|
183
|
|
|
Dec04
[11]
|
138
|
56
|
262 |
|
|
|
|
00737-
01698
|
|
456
|
|
|
2004
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
Jan05
[11]
|
218
129
90
|
129
92
48
|
296
154
129
|
|
|
|
|
00812-
02005
|
|
643
375
267
|
|
|
Feb05
[11]
|
205
125
81
|
77
55
53
|
212
102
96
|
|
|
|
|
01442-
02332
|
|
494
282
230
|
|
|
Mar05
[11]
|
117
|
53
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
01137-
02616
|
|
249
|
|
|
Apr05
[11]
|
91
|
51
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
01910-
02834
|
|
180
|
|
|
May05
[11]
|
85
|
55
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
02139-
03047
|
|
189
|
|
|
Jun05
[11]
|
76
|
53
|
44
|
|
|
|
|
02494-
03251
|
|
173
|
|
|
Jul05
[11]
|
215
52
64
|
121
60
36
|
65
25
20
|
|
|
|
|
01231-
03408
|
|
401
137
120
|
|
|
Aug05
[11]
|
13
|
54
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
02930-
03509
|
|
88
|
|
|
Sep05
[11]
|
12
|
25
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
03357-
03595
|
|
62
|
|
|
Oct05
|
[5]
|
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Nov05
|
[5]
|
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Dec05
|
[5]
|
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2005
|
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|
|
Jan06
|
43
18
|
95
67
|
87
53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
225
138
|
|
|
Apr06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
240
107
|
|
|
Jul06
|
92
52
|
116
61
|
90
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
298
155
|
|
|
Oct06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
252
156
|
|
|
2006
[2]
|
810
420
(proj.)
|
1266
768
(proj.)
|
1062
570
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
56%
|
1668
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan07
|
15
10
|
59
52
|
72
46
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
146
108
|
|
|
Apr07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
247
147
|
|
|
Jul07
|
65
34
|
123
74
|
90
41
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
278
149
|
|
|
Oct07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
231
161
|
|
|
2007
[2]
|
480
264
(proj.)
|
1092
756
(proj.)
|
972
522
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
61%
|
1695
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan08
|
40
24
|
72
54
|
63
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
175
115
|
|
|
Apr08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
224
149
|
|
|
Jul08
|
33
11
|
118
62
|
82
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
233
110
|
|
|
Oct08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162
105
|
|
|
2008
[2]
|
438
210
(proj.)
|
1140
696
(proj.)
|
870
444
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
55%
|
1437
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan09
|
18
10
|
100
81
|
43
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
161
117
|
|
|
Apr09
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
173
103
|
|
|
Jul09
|
37
18
|
115
73
|
61
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
213
124
|
|
|
Oct09
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
194
133
|
|
|
2009
[2]
|
330
168
(proj.)
|
1290
924
(proj.)
|
624
354
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
64%
|
1431
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan10
|
30
22
|
66
54
|
36
24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
132
100
|
|
|
Mar10
|
31
26
|
66
54
|
139
100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
236
180
|
|
|
Apr10
|
35
20
|
82
72
|
184
134
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
301
226
|
|
|
Jul10
|
19
16
|
102
79
|
169
119
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
290
214
|
|
|
Sep10
|
36
26
|
63
50
|
163
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
262
168
|
|
|
Oct10
|
24
16
|
71
63
|
146
105
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
241
184
|
|
|
2010
[2]
|
350
252
(proj.)
|
900
744
(proj.)
|
1674
1148
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
73%
|
2924
2144
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan11
|
32
19
|
62
53
|
143
108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
237
180
|
|
|
Feb11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar11
|
28
22
|
65
53
|
143
90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
236
165
|
|
|
Apr11
|
31
21
|
63
47
|
148
95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
242
163
|
|
|
May11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Jun11
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul11
|
36
20
|
94
60
|
156
88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
286
168
|
|
|
Aug11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Sep11
|
22
11
|
82
67
|
139
99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
243
177
|
|
|
Oct11
|
24
16
|
81
59
|
146
95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
251
170
|
|
|
Nov11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
Dec11
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
2011
[2]
|
346
218
(proj.)
|
894
678
(proj.)
|
1750
1150
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
68%
|
2990
2046
(proj.)
|
|
|
Jan12
|
33
17
|
58
48
|
120
76
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
211
141
|
|
|
Feb12
|
25
22
|
67
54
|
117
83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
209
159
|
|
|
Mar12
|
17
12
|
77
63
|
128
73
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
222
148
|
|
|
Apr12
|
33
21
|
91
75
|
135
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
189
|
|
|
May12
|
26
19
|
102
85
|
149
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
277
186
|
|
|
Jun12
|
35
28
|
101
91
|
123
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
211
|
|
|
Jul12
|
33
16
|
99
77
|
129
89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
261
182
|
|
|
Aug12
|
0
0
|
100
87
|
168
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
268
205
|
|
|
Sep12
|
0
0
|
88
71
|
123
72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
211
143
|
|
|
Oct12
|
0
0
|
105
94
|
174
121
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
279
215
|
|
|
Nov12
|
0
0
|
67
60
|
121
86
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
188
146
|
|
|
Dec12
|
0
0
|
63
54
|
119
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
182
136
|
|
|
2012
[2]
|
202
135
|
1018
859
|
1606
1067
|
|
|
|
|
|
73%
|
2826
2061
|
|
|
Jan13
|
0
0
|
65
52
|
152
121
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
217
173
|
|
|
Feb13
|
0
0
|
63
54
|
131
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
194
146
|
|
|
Mar13
|
0
0
|
92
76
|
154
102
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
246
178
|
|
|
Apr13
|
0
0
|
93
72
|
131
75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
224
147
|
|
|
May13
|
0
0
|
97
71
|
161
108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258
179
|
|
|
Jun13
|
0
0
|
110
91
|
145
99
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
255
190
|
|
|
Jul13
|
0
0
|
117
85
|
101
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
218
151
|
|
|
Aug13
|
12
7
|
117
92
|
176
117
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
305
216
|
|
|
Sep13
|
25
17
|
114
99
|
175
107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
314
223
|
|
|
Oct13
|
28
18
|
115
96
|
198
124
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
341
238
|
|
|
Nov13
|
27
18
|
75
63
|
165
98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
267
179
|
|
|
Dec13
|
27
7
|
92
79
|
142
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258
154
|
|
|
2013
[2]
|
119
67
|
1150
930
|
1831
1177
|
|
|
|
|
|
70%
|
3097
2174
|
1715
1124
|
|
Jan14
|
37
14
|
81
63
|
141
50
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259
127
|
|
18
|
Feb14
|
27
11
|
83
52
|
123
33
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
233
96
|
|
|
Mar14
|
34
6
|
106
76
|
179
59
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
314
141
|
|
|
Apr14
|
39
20
|
125
94
|
187
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
351
193
|
|
|
May14
|
69
45
|
151
115
|
156
110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
376
270
|
|
|
Jun14
|
25
16
|
171
113
|
184
88
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
380
217
|
|
|
Jul14
|
33
12
|
147
98
|
157
86
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
337
196
|
|
18
|
Aug14
|
59
40
|
133
108
|
170
109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
362
257
|
|
|
Sep14
|
83
63
|
119
94
|
198
112
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
400
269
|
|
|
Oct14
|
61
47
|
124
99
|
182
109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
367
255
|
|
|
Nov14
|
48
39
|
111
88
|
163
108
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322
235
|
|
|
Dec14
|
46
35
|
109
80
|
157
102
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
312
217
|
|
|
2014
[2]
|
561
348
|
1460
1080
|
1997
1045
|
|
|
|
|
|
62%
|
4013
2473
|
1946
1092
|
|
Jan15
|
54
33
|
106
76
|
143
75
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
303
184
|
|
21
|
Feb15
|
53
30
|
122
90
|
147
77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322
197
|
|
|
Mar15
|
76
44
|
172
128
|
188
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
436
273
|
|
|
Apr15
|
39
27
|
121
101
|
184
103
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
344
231
|
|
|
May15
|
47
26
|
154
101
|
144
64
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
345
191
|
|
|
Jun15
|
69
32
|
117
84
|
148
61
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
334
177
|
|
|
Jul15
|
72
39
|
141
98
|
164
83
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
377
220
|
|
16
|
Aug15
|
63
38
|
182
140
|
154
82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
399
260
|
|
|
Sep15
|
59
35
|
189
146
|
177
89
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
425
270
|
|
|
Oct15
|
60
32
|
185
128
|
175
102
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
420
262
|
|
|
Nov15
|
62
30
|
148
102
|
194
107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
404
239
|
|
|
Dec15
|
70
39
|
159
113
|
186
109
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
415
261
|
|
|
2015
[2]
|
724
405
|
1796
1307
|
2004
1053
|
|
|
|
|
|
61%
|
4524
2765
|
2190
1075
|
|
Jan16
|
50
33
|
137
100
|
146
68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
333
201
|
|
24
|
Feb16
|
81
34
|
170
123
|
192
119
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
443
276
|
|
|
Mar16
|
58
26
|
184
140
|
170
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
412
253
|
|
|
Apr16
|
72
53
|
181
146
|
197
131
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
450
330
|
|
|
May16
|
90
65
|
174
111
|
190
117
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
454
293
|
|
|
Jun16
|
66
44
|
204
146
|
186
117
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
456
307
|
|
|
Jul16
|
82
53
|
234
175
|
184
127
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500
355
|
|
27
|
Aug16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
498
315
|
|
|
Sep16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
435
277
|
|
|
Oct16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
461
242
|
|
|
Nov16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
489
294
|
|
|
Dec16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
433
254
|
|
|
2016
[2]
|
834
510
(proj.)
|
2100
1532
(proj.)
|
2162
1278
(proj.)
|
|
|
|
|
|
65%
|
5364
3397
(actual)
|
2848
1465
|
|
Jan17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
343
184
|
|
25
|
Feb17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
422
265
|
|
|
Mar17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
494
313
|
|
|
Apr17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
449
270
|
|
27
|
May17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
499
261
|
|
|
Jun17
|
122
42
|
296
143
|
208
92
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
626
277
|
|
|
Jul17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
602
349
|
|
25
|
Aug17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
554
362
|
|
|
Sep17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511
308
|
|
|
Oct17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
454
302
|
|
18
|
Nov17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
435
257
|
|
|
Dec17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
436
270
|
|
|
2017
[1]
|
1118
615
|
2620
1635
|
2087
1168
|
|
|
|
|
|
59%
|
5825
3418
|
2926
1315
|
|
Jan18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
402
211
|
|
15
|
Feb18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
399
245
|
|
|
Mar18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
430
229
|
|
|
Apr18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
452
262
|
|
18
|
May18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
445
281
|
|
|
Jun18
|
58
34
|
246
173
|
178
118
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
482
325
|
|
|
Jul18
|
74
49
|
295
174
|
184
105
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
553
328
|
|
19
|
Aug18
|
81
53
|
303
199
|
199
136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
583
388
|
|
22
|
Sep18
|
35
24
|
219
159
|
186
111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
440
294
|
|
|
Oct18
|
41
26
|
231
153
|
177
107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
449
286
|
|
|
Nov18
|
54
37
|
148
102
|
184
121
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
386
260
|
|
|
Dec18
|
59
41
|
212
152
|
188
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
459
333
|
|
|
2018
[1]
|
648
391
|
2747
1785
|
2085
1266
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5480
3442
|
|
|
Jan19
|
52
37
|
191
126
|
188
127
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
431
290
|
|
|
Feb19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apr19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jun19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jul19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aug19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sep19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oct19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nov19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dec19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Cam #
|
101L
01
|
LOSH
01
|
SHLO
01 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Hwy 101
SB @
Lomas
Santa Fe
[4]
|
Lomas
Santa Fe
EB @
Solana
Hills
[4]
|
Solana
Hills
NB @
Lomas
Santa Fe
[4]
|
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|
|
[3]
|
Serial
Number
Range
of
Citations
Issued
This
Month,
per
Invoices
|
Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded |
Total
Violations
Recorded/
Notices
Printed/
Per
Official
Monthly
CMR
Reports
and
Citations
Issued
per
Invoices
[1] [4] [11] |
All Citations
Issued
Rolling
Right
Citations
per
CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports:
[10]
|
Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
[12] |
This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official
documents obtained under the California Public Records
Act.
Official
reports, 2004 - 2010
Official
reports, 2010 - 2012
Official
reports, 2010 - 2013
Official
reports, 2012
Official
reports, 2013 - 2014
Official
reports, 2014 - 2015
Official
reports, 2006 - 2015
Official
reports, 2010, 2011 and late 2015
Official
reports, early 2016
Official
reports, 2016 - 2017
Official
reports, 2017 - 2018
Official
reports, 2018 - 2019
[ ] indicates a footnote.
[1] Totals are as provided by the City.
[2] Annual or six month total, or annual or
six month projection, is by highwayrobbery.net. The
2016 and 2017 projections are based upon the data shown in
the table above.
[3] Un-used columns are to allow for later
expansion of City's system.
[4] 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 Violations, or all incidents
recorded by the cameras, and due to time limitations may
have been posted only for selected months or
locations. If there is sufficient public interest,
the remaining months will be posted. 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 Nominations mailed ( not
filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets).
[5] Data for these months has not been
requested.
[6] The camera enforcement is on traffic on
the first-named street, but the direction of
enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left) is not
yet available.
[7] Data was requested on:
[8] The reports for these months omitted
figures for camera 101L. We have asked for new
reports.
[9] The report for this
month was generated less than ten days after the end of
the month, so may not reflect the full number of tickets
issued.
[10] From the annual
reports required, beginning with 2013, by CVC
21455.5(i). They become available by the Fall of the
following year.
[11] Until 2009 the City paid $89 for each
cite issued, up to 179 cites per camera per month, and $80
each for additional cites. On Nov. 12, 2005 the city
clerk's office supplied copies of RedFlex monthly invoices
containing camera-by-camera totals of Citations Issued
(filed with the court). Those 2004 & 2005
figures were entered into the table, above, as Total
Citations Issued per Invoices and are in blue type (or, if you are
looking at this table in black and white, in italic type). Since the 2009 contract amendment
the City has paid a flat rate per month regardless of how
many tickets are issued.
[12] From reports
received from the Court.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 2
Mickey Mouse Tickets - Mostly Right
Turns
An official
report showed that in 2014, 56% of the City's
tickets were for right turns.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 3
"Late Time"
Graphs
The City provided bar graphs of Late
Times, etcetera, for all of its cameras.
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.)
The picture above is an example from another
city.
101L -
July 2005
101L - July
2010
LOSH - July 2005
LOSH- July 2010
SHLO - July 2005
SHLO - July
2010
All
cameras, July 2012
All
cameras, Oct. 2014
All
Cameras, June 2016
All
Cameras, June 2018
Bar graphs are available for more than
fifty other cities - see the list in the expanded
version of Defect # 9.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 4
The Contract
(Renewed in 2017)
2003
Contract
2009
Amendment
The 2009 amendment appears to be flat rate
except that it contains, in Exhibit B, this "deficit"
clause:
Except where a balance remains unpaid due to a deficit
in the gross cash received as described herein, the
City agrees to pay the provider within thirty (30)
days after the invoice is received.
The 2009 amendment, for a five-year
extension ending in Oct. 2014 (plus three optional
one-year extensions), allows the City to terminate the
program with 30 days notice.
Per City documents
received in June 2013, the City was paying $2364 per
camera, per month.
U-T Editorial
On Oct. 10, 2013, several days before the hearing
scheduled for the city council in Poway to consider
their staff's recommendation
to remove the cameras from that City, the Union-Tribune
published an editorial
which recommended:
"Let’s eliminate every trace of this bad civic
memory.
And to city leaders in Oceanside, Vista, Encinitas,
Solana Beach and Del Mar — it’s time to do likewise.
The cameras are simply not doing the intended job."
In early 2015 we heard that staff was negotiating a
new contract with RedFlex and the parties were very
close to agreement, so we wrote to them about the
following concerns.
The program should be evaluated, for
effectiveness, before a contract is
negotiated or signed. Among other things, an
explanation is needed as to
why ticketing has not decreased after years of
enforcement but is in fact
rising, with 2014 and early 2015 ticketing much
higher than in previous
years. (Any evaluation should be done by a person
having professional
credentials in statistics and who is completely
independent of the City
and the sheriff; and after such an evaluation is
published, and before
any hearing is held before the Council, there should
be a review period
of a couple weeks to provide time for the public to
comment on the
evaluation.)
Also, there is the question of the rent. For the
last five years [2009 -
2014] the City has paid $2364 to $2386 per camera
per month, and the
proposed new contract may continue at that same
amount, despite the fact
that the City has had its RedFlex cameras for a long
time, since 2004.
Here is how RedFlex has agreed to reward another
City's loyalty.
Table from the Mar. 2014
contract between the City of Elk Grove,
California and RedFlex, for
that City's system of five cameras.
If Solana Beach agrees to another five year
extension and continues to pay
the old price, the City will pay an extra $155,520
over the five years
(compared to Elk Grove's prices), and to cover that
extra rent the City
will need to issue an extra 1556 tickets (assuming
that the City receives
$100 of revenue from each ticket issued).
From March 3, 2015 email to Solana Beach City
Council
|
Instead of negotiating a new contract in
2015, the City took the second and third of the optional
one-year extensions, resulting in a new expiration date
of Oct. 2017.
Extension on Sept. 12, 2017 Council Agenda
The staff
report recommended an up-to-eight year extension of
the program, at the same price ($2386) as before and the
council approved it 5 - 0 with no discussion
except that Councilmember Zito (seconded by another
councilmember) asked that, at a later date, there be an
item to consider the efficacy of the cameras. The
contract contains an escape clause (section 7.2 of the
2009 contract) so the City will continue to have the
ability to shut off the cameras on 30 days notice, with no
penalty.
Over the potential eight years ending in 2025 (a five-year
initial term and three optional one-year extensions) the
City will pay $255,168 too much, compared to Elk Grove's
prices. It should also be noted that the nearby City
of Del Mar, which has three cameras, pays RedFlex $1578
per month per camera.
RedFlex
Proposal to Solana Beach
Our
Opposition Letter
Staff
Report Update, Sept. 12
Our
Opposition to Staff Report Update
Support
by RedFlex, Sept. 12
Opposition
by SaferStreets LA
Signed
Contract
Post-meeting
Article
This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as
of Sept. 12, 2017.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 5
Info on City's
Website?
I have not been able to find a red
light camera program info page on either the City's or
the sheriff's website.
Solana Beach Docs Set # 6
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!
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