A word to the wise: Watch where you park
Just before we flipped our calendars to 2025, media reports advised California motorists of a freshly minted law that requires us (as of Jan. 1) to leave at least 20 feet, or one large car length between a marked or unmarked crosswalk and our vehicle when parking at a curb, whether or not said curb has been painted red.
The 'daylighting law' was enacted to save lives, as the distance now required to be left free of vehicles allows drivers to better see vulnerable pedestrians or bicyclists at the intersection ahead.
What I didn't realize when I read those reports was that the law, AB 413, was already a full year old. Sacramento lawmakers passed it in 2023 and it went into effect in 2024.
As I understand it now, beginning that Jan. 1, city police departments were supposed to start educating but not citing drivers who didn't allow that much space from a street corner when parking. The public was, in effect, given a yearlong grace period to absorb the details of the law before paying any consequences for breaking it.
Apparently I was not alone in thinking the law only went into effect this year. I learned from my colleague Sara Cardine that the Orange County city she covers for the Daily Pilot appears to have been caught unaware as well.
For her story, 'Costa Mesa motorists left in the dark about state's new 'daylighting' law,' Cardine heard from the man who wrote the law's language, Marc Vukcevich, that Costa Mesa is not the only city that missed the 12-month opportunity to educate its residents before writing tickets for breaking it. The Costa Mesa resident drafted the language for the bill introduced by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-San Jose) in February 2023 that was signed into law that October.
According to the article, Vukcevich, a member of Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets (CMABS), said he spoke to the city's public works director a year ago asking officials to educate citizens on the new law.
'Have we been giving warnings at all the past year? Does Public Works have a plan to implement this with red curbs, with bollards, with bike racks or other things we can do?' he asked at the time.
Apparently the answer was no. This January the Costa Mesa Police Department, in compliance with the law, began writing tickets. How many of those motorists even knew the law was on the books we couldn't know, but when city officials realized earlier this month that the period during which they were supposed to have been educating drivers had passed without such warnings, they decided those tickets would be dismissed. An announcement to that effect went out on social media posts last week that no one else will be cited for parking within 20 feet of an intersection until March 1.
According to Cardine's story, Costa Mesa City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison said public works and police officials were working together to ensure ticketing does not precede education.
'We strongly believe in education before we implement new programs,' she said. 'It's important for everyone to be informed of the new rules.'
• As news of deportations from the U.S. of immigrants without proper documentation has grabbed increasingly heated attention over the past few weeks under the Trump 2.0 administration, at least a few Orange County communities have reacted. Santa Ana, which 2016 declared itself a 'sanctuary city,' discussed reconvening a Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group within a month, TimesOC reporter Gabriel San Román learned. Readers may recall that Huntington Beach recently filed suit against California over its sanctuary state law. San Román reported that the San Clemente City Council last week rebuffed a request by Mayor Steve Knoblock to join the Huntington Beach suit. 'We don't want to be Huntington Beach,' said San Clemente Councilman Mark Enmeier to applause during the meeting. 'We … don't want to get involved in national politics.'
• People keeping an eye on Huntington Beach City Hall over the past several years couldn't help but notice that the city attorney, Michael Gates, has led Surf City's charge against the state over a host of progressive-leaning mandates (including the sanctuary state law mentioned above). This week, Gates announced he'll be moving to a bigger pond, as he has accepted a position as a deputy assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Concerned about more stringent regulations pondered by the California Fish and Game Commission that would decrease the number of barred sand bass that could be targeted by fishermen, the Dana Point City Council sent a letter to the commission, according to this TimesOC story. The city pushed commissioners to keep lines of communication open with the local stakeholders while setting the regulations, including anglers who fish from Dana Point's 'piers, breakwaters, kayaks, small boats, and commercial passenger boats.'
• The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved settlement offers from Southern California Edison for $18.125 million to pay for county damages from the October 2020 Silverado and May 2022 Coastal fires, City News Service reported.
• A former United States Postal Service supervisor who worked at a Costa Mesa post office has admitted to being a serial mail thief, pilfering more than $300,000 worth of checks, gold and collectible currency while on the job, authorities said. The woman, Joivian Tjuana Hayes, is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on May 23.
• A 69-year-old Anaheim caregiver is accused of raping a 93-year-old woman who is nonverbal, bedridden and suffers from dementia, on Jan. 6, while he was supposed to be caring for her.
• A wrong-way driver from La Habra identified as 29-year-old Joshua Kevin Soto succumbed in a hospital to injuries he sustained after crashing head-on into another vehicle at around 1:35 a.m. Monday on Jamboree Road in Irvine, City News Service reported. The other driver was not injured, according to police.
• Veteran MBA pitcher Kenley Jansen yesterday was closer to agreeing to a 'one-year, $10-million contract with the Angels pending a physical, according to a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly about it,' L.A. Times sportswriter Mike DiGiovanna reported.
• Former National Football League player Matthew Hatchette has been hired as head football coach at Huntington Beach High School, pending school board approval, it was announced last week. Hatchette, a receiver during his career, played in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars before retiring following the 2003 season.
• The Pacifica Christian High School-Orange County boys' soccer team was celebrating its first-ever league title last week with a 3-1 victory over Santa Ana's Magnolia Science Academy.
• The skills of George Bandar, owner and sole craftsman of Master Jewelers Newport, were sought out by a couple who lost their home in the Palisades fire last month but managed to pull from the ashes two heirloom rings and a bracelet that were heavily damaged and blackened during the catastrophe. Bandar told the Daily Pilot he considers the repair work for the couple a labor of love and he's only charging them the cost of materials. 'I work on it like it's my own,' Bandar said in the interview. 'My weak point is when I hear it has sentimental value. When I hear that, I take it like it comes from my grandma to me.' The results of those repairs:
• Valentine's Day is this Friday. To help TimesOC readers decide where they might like to dine out for the occasion, staff writer Sarah Mosqueda offers the inside scoop on six romantic options. Those looking to treat the whole family to a special meal should take a look at the three Little Saigon restaurants that food writer Edwin Goei tested out for his article on communal feasting.
• Maverick Theater on Walnut Avenue in Fullerton opened its stage production of the Academy Award-winning 1998 romantic-comedy 'Shakespeare in Love' on Friday; it will run through Sunday, March 16. Samantha Green and Justyn Franco Gonzalez lead the 21-member cast as Viola de Lesseps and Will Shakespeare, respectively. Some performances are sold out, but others nights are still available. Tickets range from $21.50 to $39.50.
• 'Tick Tick ... Boom!' by Jonathan Larsen will be staged Feb. 21 at Chance Theater in the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center, 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim. Proceeds will benefit Orange County performing arts students through a variety of programs. Reception, 7 p.m., curtains up, 8 p.m. Tickets, priced at $55, are available online.
• The nonprofit Festival Singers of Orange County will present 'Melodies from Near and Far' on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Master, 26051 Marguerite Pkwy., Mission Viejo. The program will include songs from different cultures around the globe. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance here or at the door.
Until next Wednesday,Carol
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Los Angeles Times
12-02-2025
- Los Angeles Times
A word to the wise: Watch where you park
Good morning. It's Wednesday, Feb. 12. I'm Carol Cormaci, bringing you this week's TimesOC newsletter with a look at some of the latest local news and events. Just before we flipped our calendars to 2025, media reports advised California motorists of a freshly minted law that requires us (as of Jan. 1) to leave at least 20 feet, or one large car length between a marked or unmarked crosswalk and our vehicle when parking at a curb, whether or not said curb has been painted red. The 'daylighting law' was enacted to save lives, as the distance now required to be left free of vehicles allows drivers to better see vulnerable pedestrians or bicyclists at the intersection ahead. What I didn't realize when I read those reports was that the law, AB 413, was already a full year old. Sacramento lawmakers passed it in 2023 and it went into effect in 2024. As I understand it now, beginning that Jan. 1, city police departments were supposed to start educating but not citing drivers who didn't allow that much space from a street corner when parking. The public was, in effect, given a yearlong grace period to absorb the details of the law before paying any consequences for breaking it. Apparently I was not alone in thinking the law only went into effect this year. I learned from my colleague Sara Cardine that the Orange County city she covers for the Daily Pilot appears to have been caught unaware as well. For her story, 'Costa Mesa motorists left in the dark about state's new 'daylighting' law,' Cardine heard from the man who wrote the law's language, Marc Vukcevich, that Costa Mesa is not the only city that missed the 12-month opportunity to educate its residents before writing tickets for breaking it. The Costa Mesa resident drafted the language for the bill introduced by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-San Jose) in February 2023 that was signed into law that October. According to the article, Vukcevich, a member of Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets (CMABS), said he spoke to the city's public works director a year ago asking officials to educate citizens on the new law. 'Have we been giving warnings at all the past year? Does Public Works have a plan to implement this with red curbs, with bollards, with bike racks or other things we can do?' he asked at the time. Apparently the answer was no. This January the Costa Mesa Police Department, in compliance with the law, began writing tickets. How many of those motorists even knew the law was on the books we couldn't know, but when city officials realized earlier this month that the period during which they were supposed to have been educating drivers had passed without such warnings, they decided those tickets would be dismissed. An announcement to that effect went out on social media posts last week that no one else will be cited for parking within 20 feet of an intersection until March 1. According to Cardine's story, Costa Mesa City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison said public works and police officials were working together to ensure ticketing does not precede education. 'We strongly believe in education before we implement new programs,' she said. 'It's important for everyone to be informed of the new rules.' • As news of deportations from the U.S. of immigrants without proper documentation has grabbed increasingly heated attention over the past few weeks under the Trump 2.0 administration, at least a few Orange County communities have reacted. Santa Ana, which 2016 declared itself a 'sanctuary city,' discussed reconvening a Sanctuary Policy Advisory Group within a month, TimesOC reporter Gabriel San Román learned. Readers may recall that Huntington Beach recently filed suit against California over its sanctuary state law. San Román reported that the San Clemente City Council last week rebuffed a request by Mayor Steve Knoblock to join the Huntington Beach suit. 'We don't want to be Huntington Beach,' said San Clemente Councilman Mark Enmeier to applause during the meeting. 'We … don't want to get involved in national politics.' • People keeping an eye on Huntington Beach City Hall over the past several years couldn't help but notice that the city attorney, Michael Gates, has led Surf City's charge against the state over a host of progressive-leaning mandates (including the sanctuary state law mentioned above). This week, Gates announced he'll be moving to a bigger pond, as he has accepted a position as a deputy assistant attorney general in the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice. • Concerned about more stringent regulations pondered by the California Fish and Game Commission that would decrease the number of barred sand bass that could be targeted by fishermen, the Dana Point City Council sent a letter to the commission, according to this TimesOC story. The city pushed commissioners to keep lines of communication open with the local stakeholders while setting the regulations, including anglers who fish from Dana Point's 'piers, breakwaters, kayaks, small boats, and commercial passenger boats.' • The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved settlement offers from Southern California Edison for $18.125 million to pay for county damages from the October 2020 Silverado and May 2022 Coastal fires, City News Service reported. • A former United States Postal Service supervisor who worked at a Costa Mesa post office has admitted to being a serial mail thief, pilfering more than $300,000 worth of checks, gold and collectible currency while on the job, authorities said. The woman, Joivian Tjuana Hayes, is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on May 23. • A 69-year-old Anaheim caregiver is accused of raping a 93-year-old woman who is nonverbal, bedridden and suffers from dementia, on Jan. 6, while he was supposed to be caring for her. • A wrong-way driver from La Habra identified as 29-year-old Joshua Kevin Soto succumbed in a hospital to injuries he sustained after crashing head-on into another vehicle at around 1:35 a.m. Monday on Jamboree Road in Irvine, City News Service reported. The other driver was not injured, according to police. • Veteran MBA pitcher Kenley Jansen yesterday was closer to agreeing to a 'one-year, $10-million contract with the Angels pending a physical, according to a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly about it,' L.A. Times sportswriter Mike DiGiovanna reported. • Former National Football League player Matthew Hatchette has been hired as head football coach at Huntington Beach High School, pending school board approval, it was announced last week. Hatchette, a receiver during his career, played in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars before retiring following the 2003 season. • The Pacifica Christian High School-Orange County boys' soccer team was celebrating its first-ever league title last week with a 3-1 victory over Santa Ana's Magnolia Science Academy. • The skills of George Bandar, owner and sole craftsman of Master Jewelers Newport, were sought out by a couple who lost their home in the Palisades fire last month but managed to pull from the ashes two heirloom rings and a bracelet that were heavily damaged and blackened during the catastrophe. Bandar told the Daily Pilot he considers the repair work for the couple a labor of love and he's only charging them the cost of materials. 'I work on it like it's my own,' Bandar said in the interview. 'My weak point is when I hear it has sentimental value. When I hear that, I take it like it comes from my grandma to me.' The results of those repairs: • Valentine's Day is this Friday. To help TimesOC readers decide where they might like to dine out for the occasion, staff writer Sarah Mosqueda offers the inside scoop on six romantic options. Those looking to treat the whole family to a special meal should take a look at the three Little Saigon restaurants that food writer Edwin Goei tested out for his article on communal feasting. • Maverick Theater on Walnut Avenue in Fullerton opened its stage production of the Academy Award-winning 1998 romantic-comedy 'Shakespeare in Love' on Friday; it will run through Sunday, March 16. Samantha Green and Justyn Franco Gonzalez lead the 21-member cast as Viola de Lesseps and Will Shakespeare, respectively. Some performances are sold out, but others nights are still available. Tickets range from $21.50 to $39.50. • 'Tick Tick ... Boom!' by Jonathan Larsen will be staged Feb. 21 at Chance Theater in the Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center, 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim. Proceeds will benefit Orange County performing arts students through a variety of programs. Reception, 7 p.m., curtains up, 8 p.m. Tickets, priced at $55, are available online. • The nonprofit Festival Singers of Orange County will present 'Melodies from Near and Far' on Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Master, 26051 Marguerite Pkwy., Mission Viejo. The program will include songs from different cultures around the globe. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance here or at the door. Until next Wednesday,Carol I appreciate your help in making this the best newsletter it can be. Please send news tips, your memory of life in O.C. (photos welcome!) or comments to
Los Angeles Times
07-02-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Costa Mesa motorists left in the dark about state's new ‘daylighting' law
A law prohibiting California motorists from parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk, which took effect in January 2024, gave cities a one-year grace period to educate citizens through awareness campaigns and police-issued warnings for violators, in lieu of citations. Drafted to promote 'daylighting,' or keeping intersections and places where pedestrians and bicyclists cross streets clear of parked vehicles and the visual obstructions they present, AB 413 gave local jurisdictions the flexibility to implement its mandates in a way that worked for them. But in Costa Mesa, that transitional year didn't happen. Instead, local police — who began citing offenders last month — backtracked, introducing the daylighting legislation in social media posts Monday. 'To allow residents and commuters time to familiarize themselves with this new law, the Traffic Safety Bureau will not begin issuing citations to vehicles parked within 20 feet of a marked or unmarked crosswalk until March 1st,' the posts read. The city's muddled rollout of the statewide mandate came to a head during a City Council meeting Tuesday where street safety advocates, including the Costa Mesa resident who helped draft the language of AB 413, attempted to shed daylight on the situation. 'For over 50 years we've known how to make intersections safer, but it's taken the state making us do it before we started doing it,' said Russell Toler, a planning commissioner and founding member of Costa Mesa Alliance for Better Streets (CMABS). Toler, whose brother was hit by a car last week in a crosswalk at Baker Street and Mendoza Drive, said pedestrians often contend with cars making right-hand turns on red lights and cutting across traffic to make left-hand turns. 'It's an intense environment we've created. It's an inhumane environment,' he told the council. 'We owe them these sorts of easy safety improvements.' Marc Vukcevich, another CMABS board member, said he spoke to the city's public works director a year ago asking officials to educate citizens on the new law. 'Have we been giving warnings at all the past year? Does Public Works have a plan to implement this with red curbs, with bollards, with bike racks or other things we can do?' he asked. 'The public is supportive of public safety and pedestrian safety. But they want the city to communicate about public safety and about initiatives like this.' By day, Vukcevich is director of state policy for the nonprofit Streets for All, which sponsored AB 413. In fact, the Costa Mesan drafted the language for the bill introduced by Assemblyman Alex Lee (D-San Jose) in February 2023 and signed into law that October. He said Costa Mesa's haphazard implementation of the law is not unique, adding multiple cities have similarly established March 1 as the period at which they will begin enforcing the mandate. 'San Francisco has committed that they're going to paint every curb, and I've seen information from Seal Beach come out on this policy,' Vukcevich said in an interview Thursday. 'My biggest concern is, I think, in Costa Mesa the first time they mentioned this policy, after we'd sent them a letter, was maybe a week ago.' Costa Mesa police spokeswoman Roxi Fyad confirmed Thursday officers had, in fact, issued AB 413-related citations since Jan. 1 but could not say how many. She stated any citations issued prior to the 'grace period' ending March 1 will be dismissed. City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison assured residents Tuesday that public works and police officials were working together to ensure ticketing does not precede education. 'We strongly believe in education before we implement new programs,' she said. 'It's important for everyone to be informed of the new rules.'
Yahoo
29-12-2024
- Yahoo
These new California laws will go into effect in 2025
The Brief Gov. Gavin Newsom passed big changes to laws this year, and many go into effect in 2025. The 2025 slate of new California laws includes protections for actors in Hollywood against artificial intelligence, and new parking restrictions. Other legislation includes one on retail theft and a ban on forced outing policies at schools. LOS ANGELES - New year, new laws. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several new bills into law over the past year, many of them addressing issues that continue to plague the Golden State such as affordable housing, crime, and health care. Take a look at some of the new laws that will impact your life beginning Jan. 1, 2025. AB 2602 makes it illegal to use artificial intelligence to replicate an actor's voice or likeness without permission. AB 1836 prohibits the use dead actors' voices or likeness without the consent of their estate. SUGGESTED: Newsom signs bills to protect kids from AI deepfake nudes Beginning Jan. 1, AB 413 makes it illegal to park a vehicle within 20 feet of any unmarked or marked crosswalk or 15 feet of any crosswalk where a curb extension is present. SB 1100 makes it illegal for a job posting to require applicants to have a valid driver's license. SUGGESTED: These new California driving laws go into effect Jan. 1, 2025 SB 905 eliminates the "locked door loophole," which required prosecutors to prove car doors were locked when a burglary took place. This gives prosecutors more flexibility to address auto burglary and thefts. Under AB 1775, cities and counties can allow existing cannabis retailers and consumption lounges to sell non-cannabis food and drinks. Local governments must approve and license the business. Under the current law, cannabis retailers with consumption areas may sell prepackaged food and beverages if authorized by the applicable local government. This bill expands the legislation to include freshly prepared food and drinks consistent with the California Retail Food Code. SUGGESTED: California law prohibiting parking near intersections to go into effect Jan. 1 With AB 2863, companies offering auto-renewal services must give customers the option to cancel the subscription by the same method they used to subscribe, beginning July 1. AB 375 requires food delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats to provide customers with the first name and photo of their delivery driver effective March 1, 2025. SUGGESTED: DoorDash warns not tipping on orders might make it take longer to deliver AB 3209 allows retail stores to get restraining orders against people sentenced for stealing, vandalizing or assaulting an employee at that store. AB 1779 allows California district attorneys to coordinate with other DAs to consolidate charges for suspects in retail theft crimes that occur across multiple counties. AB 1960 creates sentencing enhancements for taking, damaging, or destroying property while committing a felony if the property value exceeds $50,000. Under SB 1242, setting a fire within a merchant's premises while committing organized retail theft will be considered an aggravating factor and will increase sentences for those convicted. SUGGESTED: California's 'Daylighting' law to go into effect Jan. 1 SB 1414 raises the classification for soliciting and buying sex from minors under 16 from a misdemeanor to a felony. AB 1955 prohibits school districts in the state from enacting policies that would force educators to notify parents if students identify as transgender or request to use a different name. SUGGESTED: Chino Valley USD's gender notification policy blocked by judge, called 'discriminatory' Under AB 1821, California public schools will be required to teach the impact of the Mission Period and Gold Rush on California Native Americans. AB 1780 will ban legacy admission for colleges that accept state funding. SUGGESTED: California bill would give public university admission priority to slaves' descendants SB 639 requires health care professionals who provide care for people 65 and older to take continuing education in geriatrics and dementia care. AB 1825, also known as the Freedom To Read Act, prohibits public libraries from banning books due to race, nationality, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation of a book's subject, author, or intended audience. SB 988 increases protections for independent contractors by requiring workers be paid on or before the date specified in their contract, or no later than 30 after completion of services if no date is specified. SB 1105 allows agricultural workers to use paid sick days to prevent the effects of working outdoors in dangerous conditions such as smoke or extreme heat. SUGGESTED: 'B***h, new laws!' 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Although California voters rejected Proposition 32, which would have increased the state minimum wage to $18 an hour for large and medium-sized employers and $17 an hour for small employers with 25 or fewer employees, the minimum wage will still increase based on the consumer price index. Beginning in 2025, the new state minimum wage will increase to $16.50 an hour. SUGGESTED: California law beginning Jan. 1, 2025 prohibits libraries from banning books AB 2017 prohibits state-chartered banks from fining customers when they try to withdraw money but have insufficient funds in their accounts. Parents who profit from social media posts using their children will be required to set aside some of the earnings for them under SB 764. While AB 1880 expands the Coogan Law to include minors who are employed as content creators on online platforms, such as YouTube. SUGGESTED: New California laws force parents to save some of child influencers' social media profits The new laws require parents and guardians who monetize their children's online presence to establish a trust for the kids, and parents will have to keep records of how many minutes the children appear in their online content and how much money they earn from those posts, among other things. Gov. Gavin Newom signed legislation giving the state three new official state symbols: the banana slug (state slug, Dungeness crab (state crustacean), and Black abalone (state seashell). The Source This story was reported with information from the California Legislative Information website. The Associated Press contributed. html
