Santa Ana Council Pushes for Speed Cameras

0:00It's April 23rd, California news today starts now, AI powered and ready. Santa Ana City Council just took a big step toward cracking down on speed demons. On Tuesday, they told staff to draft a resolution, asking state lawmakers to tweak a 2023 law. That law lets a handful of cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland test speed cameras that snap picks up speeders and mail out tickets. Santa Ana wants in on that pilot program bad. The push comes from real dangers on the streets, especially Segerstrom Avenue, where a speeding driver slammed into a tree last year, killing five. Young people and hurting others bad. Councilmember Phil Basera brought it up, saying, post and cops everywhere, or adding speed humps on main roads, just saying feasible understate rules. Cameras in San Francisco and Oakland are already up and running. Not everyone's on board though. Another Valerie Amescuah and a few councilmembers back the move, but others like Jonathan Ryan

1:01Hernandez, Jesse Lopez, and David Penelosa stepped out. Before the vote, councilmember Ty B. Afon worries about the million dollar price tag, saying that cash could go straight to cops, code enforcement, or fixing. Streets for safer driving and walking. Police chief Robert Rodriguez says the tickets would come from public works or transportation folks, keeping it off the police department's plate. In the 60 days after install, speeders get warnings only, then real citations kick in after a public heads of campaign. In two weeks, staff drops a full resolution and cost breakdown for the council to vote on. This could mean safer roads ahead if they push it through to Assemblymember Avalino Valencia and Senator Tom Umburg, turning Santa Ana streets from, speedways back to neighborhoods.