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City of Citrus Heights Documents

Some of Citrus Heights' tickets can possibly 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.

Citrus Heights Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New 11-5-10, updated 5-9-13

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

Official report, Jan. - Sep. 2010
Official reports, Jan. 2011 - July 2012
Official reports, Aug. 2012 - Feb. 2013

[  ] indicates a footnote.
[1]  Totals are as provided by the City.
[2]  YTD = Year-to-date total.
[3]  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
[4]  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]  Data was requested on 5-9-13.  
[6]  The camera enforcement is believed to be on traffic on the first-named street, but the direction of enforcement (north, south, east, west, thru, left, right) is not yet available.
[7]  Includes enforcement of posted "no turn on red" signs.
[8]  Figures are from report covering Jan.1, 2010 to Sep. 30, 2010.  Month-by-month data has been requested.
[9]  Newly activated, on Dec. 31, 2012, per Bee article of same date.  Began issuing real tickets on Jan. 31, 2013.
[10]  Per the City document (see link in Set # 4, below), these are the enforcement start dates for these cameras.  Also per that document, warning notices were issued until the enforcement start dates.

Citrus Heights Docs Set # 2
"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.

Jan. 2008 - Sep. 2010:

ANGG
AUAN
GRFS
SJGR
SUOA-01
SUOA-03

Bar graphs have been received from more than fifty other cities - see the list in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

Citrus Heights Docs Set # 3
The Contract, Etc.

2007 Contract

The 2007 contract includes an illegal "cost neutrality" clause, whereby the city will not have to pay RedFlex the full rent if there aren't enough fines to cover the cost.  See Subsection B. of Defect # 10.

The contract possibly provides a monetary sanction against the city if city traffic engineers lengthen the yellows.  The contract reads:
"Cost neutrality is guaranteed except as follows:  If the Customer [the City] fails to maintain the minimum yellow light change interval as established by Section 21455.7 of the California Vehicle Code."
The passage is open to two conflicting interpretations.
1.  The City is required to maintain yellows that are at least as long as the length specified by the Code - but can be longer.
2.  The City is required to maintain the exact length specified by the Code, and may not set yellows that are longer.

The contract also specifies that there shall be equipment to issue citations for right turn violations, and penalizes the City should it choose not to enforce those violations.

In Nov. 2012 , six or seven months before the end of the initial term of the 2007 contract, the City amended the contract, to extend it for three more years. 
 
The city council agreed to pay $5500 per camera, which is way too high.  Many other cities have obtained a price of $3000 or less.  The City will overpay $540,000, compared to a $3000 target, over the three years. 
(To see what other cities are paying for their cameras, see FAQ # 17.) 

This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of Feb. 8, 2013.

Citrus Heights Docs Set # 4
Info on CHPD Site

There is some red light camera program info at the police department's website.

The City's Policy Manual (for operation of the red light camera program) is available on the City's download page.

Citrus Heights Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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

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