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If you haven't already done so, please read the Baldwin Park section on the Camera Towns page.

Baldwin Park Documents

It may be possible to completely ignore a Baldwin Park ticket.
1. If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake ticket, which I call a "Snitch Ticket." For more details about Snitch Tickets, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page.
2. The LA County Superior Court does not report ignored red light camera tickets to the DMV. More info is in "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 2 on the LA County Documents page.

May 2015: The Program Closed! See Set # 4, below.

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 authored 3 speed
camera bills

Sheila "Kuehl Kams" 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.

We need to watch Kuehl carefully, because as a Supervisor she will have a seat on the MTA/Metro board and she will be a vote to continue and expand their huge (101 cameras, so far) red light camera system.

Kuehl will be up for re-election in Nov. 2018 and Nov. 2022.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations (in red type), Notices Printed [4]

New 2-11-12, updated 9-8-15

Cam #	DAPU 01	FRPU 01	PUDA 01	PUME 01	PUPA 01	RABA 01	RABA 03	RAFR 01	RAFR 03
[6]	Dale- wood & Puente Wbd	Fran- cis- quito & Puente Ebd	Dale- wood & Puente Nbd	Puente & Merced Nbd	Puente & Pacific Nbd	Ra- mona & Bald- win Park Wbd	Ra- mona & Bald- win Park Ebd	Ra- mona & Fran- cis- quito Ebd	Ra- mona & Fran- cis- quito Wbd	Total Citations Issued as % of Events Re- corded	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
May06	[5]
Jun06	0 0	70 37	0 0	432 172	91 42	239 100	248 72	980 453	26 13		2086 889
Jul06	0 0	71 43	0 0	537 290	51 35	236 111	242 116	1123 531	31 11		2291 1137
Aug06	0 0	61 34	0 0	435 201	60 31	189 85	238 81	1174 708	45 25		2202 1165
Sep06	0 0	50 30	0 0	432 190	45 22	209 99	223 76	1155 666	40 15		2154 1098
Oct06	0 0	53 28	0 0	364 172	46 18	229 116	196 102	808 483	27 13		1723 932
Nov06	0 0	51 24	0 0	310 145	45 25	175 88	147 49	962 639	21 8		1711 978
Dec06	0 0	51 35	0 0	350 153	43 23	151 55	176 46	1065 652	29 14		1865 978
2006
Jan07	0 0	42 22	0 0	216 124	36 18	167 88	191 108	898 616	25 11		1575 987
Feb07	[9]										1558 988
Mar07	[9]										1525 906
Apr07	0 0	48 23	0 0	252 146	44 15	102 45	79 31	885 542	28 13		1438 815
May07	[9]										1459 667
Jun07	[9]										1433 585
Jul07	0 0	34 15	0 0	538 226	51 28	35 14	240 43	1010 421	31 16		1939 763
Aug07	[9]										1717 680
Sep07	[9]										1464 718
Oct07	0 0	54 20	0 0	505 271	40 24	58 26	149 52	511 319	21 9		1338 721
Nov07	[9]										1374 745
Dec07	[9]										1488 777
2007 [2]	- -										9352
Jan08	0 0	32 23	0 0	338 194	25 10	94 36	132 51	847 528	10 4		1478 846
Feb08	0 0	41 23	0 0	331 196	30 13	82 38	113 50	1048 681	24 8		1669 1009
Mar08	9 4	32 14	0 0	391 212	31 17	77 34	128 46	1059 680	17 8		1744 1015
Apr08	575 359	36 16	39 23	365 169	45 22	93 35	153 41	1083 536	17 5		2406 1206
May08	366 192	40 21	53 21	309 153	22 8	86 22	158 30	956 495	22 7		2012 949
Jun08	298 149	37 16	67 43	318 161	29 15	75 23	111 24	1018 540	23 5		1976 976
Jul08	444 214	32 9	69 42	318 137	29 21	85 30	104 27	911 439	17 3		2009 922
Aug08	419 228	34 14	60 29	271 132	32 17	59 17	120 43	960 527	21 7		1976 1014
Sep08	325 205	37 14	50 28	188 89	42 25	109 42	141 47	895 539	18 4		1805 993
Oct08	364 242	37 18	55 30	234 145	32 16	80 31	114 29	814 491	25 4		1755 1006
Nov08	[9]		-								1587 922
Dec08	[9]										1566 860
2008 [2]	- -									53%	21983 11718
Jan09	307 196	28 14	46 27	206 122	21 14	96 37	157 72	696 459	14 5		1571 946
Feb09	[9]										1342 752
Mar09	[9]										1677 944
Apr09	394 210	19 11	57 29	187 98	23 7	78 28	143 50	872 494	10 3		1783 930
May09	[9]										1612 813
Jun09	[9]										1371 705
Jul09	400 228	27 6	68 36	234 127	28 11	118 42	123 31	888 454	14 4		1903 939
Aug09	[9]										1526 646
Sep09	[9]										1357 685
Oct09	310 190	19 10	50 29	213 114	35 17	78 36	144 47	668 369	21 5		1538 817
Nov09	[9]										1364 717
Dec09	[9]										1323 665
2009 [2]	- -									52%	18367 9559
Jan10	202 115	23 8	42 21	162 93	25 11	72 27	80 32	440 266	15 1		1061 574
Feb10	[9]										1050 599
Mar10	[9]										1403 644
Apr10	223 93	49 7	48 24	206 88	28 7	81 22	112 23	545 181	18 7		1310 452
May10	[9]										1428 449
Jun10	[9]										1357 307
Jul10	442 130	43 10	36 11	278 82	32 5	77 13	110 17	383 98	17 1		1418 367
Aug10	383 124	34 13	34 12	291 75	20 2	50 15	120 19	340 63	9 1		1281 324
Sep10	403 111	36 15	46 15	179 43	31 10	58 8	97 12	221 34	8 4		1079 252
Oct10	401 162	47 23	47 18	216 73	20 4	71 16	103 22	0 0	5 2		910 320
Nov10	369 221	59 41	41 30	176 94	23 15	58 26	113 31	0 0	6 4		845 462
Dec10	358 214	51 36	34 30	201 112	17 11	41 17	87 19	15 3	6 3		810 445
2010 [2]	- -									37%	13952 5195
Jan11	339 215	43 31	36 27	174 97	31 23	45 21	90 24	9 4	8 5		775 447
Feb11	305 210	30 22	29 26	141 77	22 12	45 25	82 27	15 7	8 3		677 409
Mar11	388 263	18 15	26 17	206 115	34 22	40 17	108 27	29 10	9 4		858 490
Apr11	327 213	44 30	18 8	197 106	26 16	45 24	61 21	121 8	7 3		846 429
May11	391 250	14 8	59 36	186 106	35 19	49 23	62 16	36 8	5 2		837 468
Jun11	343 191	22 9	54 34	214 88	34 15	57 27	121 27	24 3	10 3		879 397
Jul11	369 223	21 16	45 30	208 103	28 20	50 21	83 24	37 4	14 7		855 448
Aug11	355 198	22 5	47 33	267 115	28 16	60 22	149 37	398 250	12 8		1338 684
Sep11	265 156	29 17	43 23	266 122	26 18	69 36	141 27	427 214	16 8		1282 621
Oct11	336 204	34 19	71 32	272 129	19 10	73 31	168 38	565 289	15 6		1553 758
Nov11	354 191	17 8	40 20	253 101	14 4	51 26	142 20	516 236	21 8		1408 614
Dec11	369 210	23 8	50 20	222 98	30 7	44 20	166 29	521 225	10 4		1435 621
2011 [2]	- -									50%	12743 6386
Jan12	388 211	19 9	32 16	170 77	35 17	37 14	138 39	387 182	7 0		1181 565
Feb12	[9]										1437 676
Mar12	[9]										1456 540
Apr12	[9]										1625 647
May12	[9]										1642 635
Jun12	[9]										1718 667
Jul12	[9]										1473 570
Aug12	405 246	138 79	0 0	232 92	40 15	79 35	149 38	393 233	26 10		1462 748
Sep12	[9]										1480 809
Oct12	[9]										1785 755
Nov12	[9]										1402 689
Dec12	[9]										1851 943
2012 [2]	- -									45%	18512 8244
Jan13	[9]										1394 716
Feb13	[9]										1114 426
Mar13	[9]										1343 500
Apr13	[9]										1190 326
May13	[9]										1329 517
Jun13	[9]										1182 426
Jul13	[9]										1192 500
Aug13	[9]										1355 561
Sep13	54 29	39 19	149 50	269 127	41 10	76 35	171 43	284 104	18 5		1101 422
Oct13	[9]										1185 561
Nov13	[9]										998 468
Dec13	51 29	60 33	112 49	190 84	40 9	55 25	118 32	320 167	15 4		961 432
2013 [2]	- -									41%	14344 5855
Jan14	47 27	33 19	102 36	174 76	36 16	44 29	111 32	280 146	18 8		845 389
Feb14	[9]										955 496
Mar14	[9]										1081 512
Apr14	63 40	89 52	119 55	244 124	37 15	58 30	118 47	319 205	22 11		1069 579
May14	[9]										1143 543
Jun14	[9]										1168 516
Jul14	[9]										1284 570
Aug14	[9]										1188 447
Sep14	[9]										1050 368
Oct14	[9]										1071 383
Nov14	[9]										1026 442
Dec14	437 103	85 35	166 82	274 140	58 28	84 38	130 36	202 111	20 8		1457 581
2014 [2]										44%	13337 5826
Jan15	[9]									48%	1263 608
Feb15	[9]									48%	1447 688
Mar15	[9]									39%	1681 658
Apr15 [10]										31%	2065 644 [10]
May15 [10]										55%	1003 548 [10]
Jun15		C	L	O	S	E	D
Jul15
2015 [2]											3146 [10]
Cam #	DAPU 01	FRPU 01	PUDA 01	PUME 01	PUPA 01	RABA 01	RABA 03	RAFR 01	RAFR 03
[6] [8]	Dale- wood & Puente Wbd	Fran- cis- quito & Puente Ebd	Dale- wood & Puente Nbd	Puente & Merced Nbd	Puente & Pacific Nbd	Ra- mona & Bald- win Park Wbd	Ra- mona & Bald- win Park Ebd	Ra- mona & Fran- cis- quito Ebd	Ra- mona & Fran- cis- quito Wbd	Total Citations Issued as % of Events Re- corded	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed [1] [4]

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official reports provided by the City under the California Public Records Act.

Official reports, 2006 - 2011
Official reports, 2006 - 2012
Official reports, 2008 - 2012
Official reports, Fall 2012
Official reports, Winter 2012
Official reports, early 2013
Official reports, late 2013
Official reports, early 2014
Official reports, Winter 2014
Official reports, 2007 & 2015

[ ] indicates a footnote.
[1] Totals are as provided by the City.
[2] This annual total or projection was calculated by highwayrobbery.net.
[3] Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4] Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated. Any 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 here 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 any Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets).
[5] Monthly data has not been requested.
[6] The information about street names and direction of enforcement is from the 2011 contract - see link, below.
[7] Includes enforcement of posted "no turn on red" signs.
[8] The title bar has been repeated solely for the convenience of the reader - there is no difference between it and the one at the top of the table.
[9] Official data has been received, is available at the links above, but due to time constraints has not yet been fully posted to the table.
[10] The report for April 2015 was generated a few days before the end of the month, so not all of the violations which had occurred by then had been processed and approved, and more violations were likely to occur in the remaining few days. The official report was generated on April 27, so for purposes of making the 2015 projection, the Notices Printed figure for April was increased by 20% before being posted in the table, above. That month's Violations Recorded figure - already high at 1877 - was increased by 10% before being posted in the table above.
The figures shown for May 2015 are the totals shown in the April-June official report minus the April figures posted above and minus the totals from the June official report, which were zero.
The 2015 annual projection was based upon 4.58 months of operation.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 2

Mickey Mouse Tickets - Mostly Right Turns

An official report showed that in 2014, 89% of the City's tickets were for turns, mostly right turns.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 3
"Late Time" Graphs

The City provided bar graphs of Late Times, etcetera.
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.

DAPU-01
2006
2010
2011

FRPU-01
2006
2010
2011

PUDA-01
2006
2010
2011

PUME-01
2006
2010
2011

PUPA-01
2006
2010
2011

RABA-01
2006
2010
2011

RABA-03
2006
2010
2011

RAFR-01
2006
2010
2011

RAFR-03
2006
2010
2011

2012, all cameras

2013, all cameras

2014, all cameras

Bar graphs are available for more than fifty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 4
The Contract, Etc.

2006 Contract

The city council approved Baldwin Park's contract with RedFlex in 2006. It included a "cost neutrality" clause (see Defect # 10 - B).
It also said: Definitions. "Warning Period" means the period of thirty (30) days after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach. (Emphasis added.) See Defect # 6.

Like the cities of Capitola, Citrus Heights, Highland, South San Francisco, Victorville and Walnut, Baldwin Park failed to hold the formal public hearing required by CVC 21455.6 before it approved the 2006 contract - see the expanded version of Defect # 6.

2011 Contract Extension

In 2011 the city council approved a four-year extension of the contract, to expire in May 2015. It is unclear whether the cost neutrality was retained.
In the contract extension, RedFlex agreed to give a one-time $350,000 credit to the City, towards unpaid past rent, and a credit of $75,000 each year during the renewal period, resulting in a cost per camera of $3425 per month. Recent Invoices

The Need to Negotiate

In March 2014 the City of Elk Grove, California approved a new contract which specified the following rents for their five RedFlex cameras.

From Exh. D of the Elk Grove Contract

In May 2015 all of Baldwin Park's cameras will be more than seven years old, with most of them very close to nine years old. So - if the council decides to continue the camera program - the City should negotiate to pay no more than $2000 per camera between May 2015 and May 2016. And, if they add another year (to May 2017), during that year they should pay no more than $1500 for the seven cameras that were installed in 2006.
If they don't negotiate the rent they will pay an extra $153,900 during the first year (compared to Elk Grove prices) and, to cover that extra rent, the City will need to issue an extra 1438 tickets (in a recent year - 2013 - the City's fine revenue averaged $107 for each ticket it issued).
During a possible second added year, if they haven't negotiated the rent down from $3425 they will pay an extra $195,900 during that year and will need to issue an extra 1831 tickets to cover the extra rent.
To see the rent that other cities pay, and how they negotiated, go to FAQ # 17.

2015: Program Closed

A May 16, 2015 article in the Tribune reported that the City would allow the contract with RedFlex to expire on May 18.

This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of 8-14-14.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 5
Info on City's Website

There is program info at the police department's website.
If the link does not work, drill down:
www.BaldwinPark.com> hover over Police> Red Light Photo Enforcement

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 6
The Revenue

The City's monthly ticket revenue from the court is available in the Revenue Spreadsheet on the LA County Docs page.

Baldwin Park Docs Set # 7
More Coming

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

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