LA Launches Speed Cameras in South LA

0:00Los Angeles is launching speed cameras and more than 20 spots in South L.A. this fall under a new pilot program. City Council Greenlit at last month for 125 zones across the city total. Cameras hit the streets as early as July, but with a 60-day warning phase through September, no tickets yet, just alerts. It's all to meet a 2023 state law pushing L.A. and five other cities to curb speeding by automated enforcement before 2032. Traffic deaths dropped to 2 and 90 last year. 6% less than the year before, but South L.A. corridors like Western Avenue, Vermont. Avenue and Figaroa Street remained deadly hot spots with crash clusters. Spots were picked using speed collision data, plus spots near schools and senior centers, over 20 stretches on those and other streets like Normandy and Florence. Fines ramp up from $50 for 11 to 15 miles per hour over to 100 for 16 to 25, 200 and for 26, plus and 500 max for extreme speeds.

1:02They spread cameras evenly across all 15 council districts to dodge equity issues raised by locals, snapping just rear plates with no face tech, or windshield views. Officials will track safety gains and rights impacts as the program runs. That wraps California News Today, brought to you with AI.