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City of Covina Documents

It may be possible to completely ignore a Covina camera ticket!

1. 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. If you don't want to ignore your Covina ticket - or cannot - be sure to contact me.

2. If your "ticket" does not have the Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake ticket (also called a Snitch Ticket) mailed out by the CPD in an attempt to bluff you into identifying the driver.

For more details about Snitch Tickets, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page.

Vote No on Sheila Kuehl

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 Cams" 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.

As an LA County Supervisor, she has a seat on the MTA/Metro board and she will be a vote to continue and expand Metro's huge (101 cameras, so far) red light camera system.
She also was a vote to put Measure M, an additional LA County-wide sales tax, to go to Metro, on the Nov. 2016 ballot - and it passed. (See Measure M on the Action/Legis page, for more about that tax.)

Kuehl may be up for re-election in 2022.

Covina Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Events (in red type), Citations Issued [4]

New 8-12-09, updated 2-16-20

Cam #	CV01				CV02				CV03				CV04				CV05				CV06				CV07
	Nbd Azusa @ Cypress [4]				Nbd Barranca @ Rowland [4]				Ebd Rowland @ Barranca [4]				Wbd Rowland @ Barranca [4]				Nbd Grand @ Badillo [4]				Sbd Grand @ Badillo [4]				Ebd Badillo @ Grand [4]				% of Citations Collected [7]	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed Per Official Monthly CMR Reports [1] [4]	Total Citations Issued/ Rolling Right Citations Per CVC 21455.5(i) Annual Reports [17]	Revenue from Court (thou- sands) [18]
Lane #	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Mar07
Apr07	8 0	54 30	92 25		1 0	27 7	12 3		63 0	31 7	33 0	560 19	10 0	25 7	50 9		20 0	187 1	342 6		8 0	3 0	44 1		8 0	20 0	248 2			1846 117
May07 [5]																														1153 98
Jun07 [5]																														1131 61
Jul07 [5]																														1828 81
Aug07 [9]																														776 64
Sep07 [9]																													52	1989 175
Oct07 [9] [11]																													105	4325 429
Nov07 [9]																													75	1018 262
Dec07 [9]																													27	1025 260
2007 [9]																														14803 1523
Jan08 [5]																													53	959 258
Feb08 [6]																													57	852 244
Mar08 [6]																													59	688 234
Apr08 [6] [11]																													68	586 247
May08 [6]																													56	1103 295
Jun08 [6]																													70	131 195
Jul08 [5]																													52	500 209
Aug08 [6]																													69	522 203
Sep08 [6]																													82	468 200
Oct08 [6] [11]																													69	425 221
Nov08 [6]																													68	481 222
Dec08 [6]																													62	523 222
2008 [6]																														8427 2736
Jan09 [5]																													81	463 224
Feb09 [6]																													73	396 182
Mar09 [6]																													82	286 135
Apr09 [6] [11]																													73	1073 322
May09 [6]																													119	1569 456
Jun09 [6]																													68	1732 508
Jul09	15 3	52 28	46 24	145 95	1 0	31 20	24 18		39 10	23 6	22 3	1401 360	38 3	30 8	33 11	166 53	47 18	16 7	14 5	411 218	73 5	74 0	70 5	488 150	52 6	77 0	77 1	852 208		4311 1265
Aug09 [9]																														2807 727
Sep09 [9]																														1738 592
Oct09 [9] [11]																														1608 482
Nov09 [9]																														1493 442
Dec09 [9]																														1582 448
2009 [9]																														19054 5771
Jan10 [5]																														1182 358
Feb10 [9]																														1299 348
Mar10 [9]																														1371 429
Apr10 [9] [11]																														1327 360
May10 [9]																														1382 372		40
Jun10 [9]																														1393 408		33
Jul10	10 3	22 16	17 13	134 38	16 5	43 33	39 31		17 6	34 11	32 9	406 93	11 4	27 15	18 8	59 16	29 18	11 5	8 3	220 41	38 4	19 3	25 4	90 19	22 2	21 0	14 1	182 24		1564 425		33
Aug10 [9]																														1482 462		35
Sep10 [9]																														1372 440		30
Oct10 [9] [11]																														1207 385		42
Nov10 [9]																														1266 396		34
Dec10	12 1	30 15	23 16	143 51	16 1	24 18	31 19		16 5	20 3	6 2	256 40	11 2	12 6	7 4	27 9	22 10	6 2	4 1	216 39	20 3	13 0	10 2	57 14	9 2	12 0	5 1	87 8		1095 274		31
2010 [9]																														15942 4654		417 (proj.)
2007 - 2010 [9]																														58831 14791
Jan11 [10]																														1032 290		38
Feb11																														903 258		33
Mar11																														973 281		38
Apr11 [11]																														899 277		30
May11	14 6	18 11	24 15	94 45	20 1	24 15	19 12		13 4	22 3	9 2	217 56	13 8	27 10	9 1	27 8	34 21	5 1	7 4	84 36	34 4	12 0	13 3	47 13	11 2	15 1	8 0	140 33		960 315		28
Jun11																														1080 277		26
Jul11 [10]																														1255 369		24
Aug11																														1301 372		16
Sep11																														772 234		17
Oct11 [11]																														961 373		20
Nov11																														750 250		18
Dec11																														851 283		22
2011																														11737 3579		310
Jan12 [10]																														833 287		24
Feb12																														729 321		30
Mar12	13 4	43 33	31 21	79 60	25 7	34 13	28 19		20 4	12 0	6 1	162 38	13 4	10 5	6 5	23 6	53 29	3 1	5 2	104 41	25 6	14 1	14 2	40 13	13 0	7 0	6 0	80 18		869 333		26
Apr12 [11]																														842 374		29
May12 [10]																														1015 461		31
Jun12 [10]																														1053 446		29
Jul12 [10]																														1045 413		26
Aug12																														1032 418		26
Sep12																														1059 413		23
Oct12 [11]																														1216 419		32
Nov12																														1037 406		32
Dec12																														1091 365		24
2012																														11821 4655		332
Jan13 [10]																														1073 284		30
Feb13 [10]																														1065 392		30
Mar13	61 26	20 9	35 27	100 80	59 8	42 32	55 39		35 9	17 3	10 6	289 95	17 4	12 7	11 3	25 11	58 25	8 2	9 2	184 98	19 2	12 0	10 4	23 9	9 2	8 0	8 2	116 30		1252 535		30
Apr13 [10]																														1130 440		34
May13 [11]																														1042 435		34
Jun13	18	21	34	87	6	28	33		4	7	5	74	5	15	8	9	105	1	2	169		0	0	9	0	2	0	32		1520 674		29
Jul13 [12]																														1284 525		32
Aug13 [12]																														1482 584		46
Sep13 [12]																														1213 315		41
Oct13 [12]																														1283 437		44
Nov13 [12]																														1185 405		31
Dec13	28	16	31	88	8	20	20		2	1	0	47	0	7	6	7	15	3	5	71	6	1	5	42	9	1	1	30		1308 470		37
2013																														14037 5496	5496 3549	418
Jan14																														1073 395		36
Feb14																														1181 405		42
Mar14	21	24	37	105	6	15	13		0	2	1	56	1	12	2	4	15	6	8	102	3	1	2	32	0	1	0	40		1354 509		49
Apr14																														1149 423		35
May14																														1214 433		39
Jun14																														1285 422		33
Jul14																														1270 449		39
Aug14																														1404 547		40
Sep14																														1301 500		37
Oct14																														1413 535		40
Nov14																														1381 468		31
Dec14																														1345 463		38
2014 [17]	L: 194			R: 1014	L: 56		R: 80		L: 32			R: 563	L: 27			R: 57	L: 214			R: 1067	L: 55			R: 382	L: 22			R: 472		15370 5549	5558 3664	459
Jan15																														1392 404		42
Feb15																														1213 470		39
Mar15																														1354 470		59
Apr15																														1423 379		47
May15																														1319 83		40
Jun15	19 8	15 7	28 13	86 59	77 11	36 11	28 11		9 4	12 2	14 1	236 65	13 3	33 8	19 8	13 5	52 19	6 3	16 9	170 100	9 4	5 0	4 4	96 19	12 1	20 0	23 2	278 71		1329 448		38
Jul15	20 8	29 14	22 11	84 56	100 10	47 16	21 6		18 6	24 6	15 2	307 87	11 2	33 13	18 2	30 6	36 18	12 5	14 6	211 107	18 3	8 2	4 2	100 23	10 1	30 0	32 2	294 40		1538 454		33
Aug15	26 13	27 10	34 16	94 58	79 9	25 7	22 10		17 7	12 2	19 4	239 81	12 4	22 9	12 5	21 5	62 22	4 0	18 8	207 125	15 3	4 2	7 1	153 33	6 0	22 0	22 0	270 51		1451 485		25
Sep15	42 20	44 17	50 21	138 81	93 8	25 11	27 11		16 3	14 3	10 3	205 61	13 3	22 8	20 8	28 8	82 28	6 2	19 8	228 110	14 3	9 2	14 5	135 14	22 3	25 0	8 1	223 34		1532 476		26
Oct15	39 10	53 26	48 18	179 94	104 15	54 17	30 11		10 4	4 1	9 1	270 68	14 5	19 7	13 5	36 4	54 15	12 4	26 8	444 154	12 4	6 4	5 2	213 40	2 0	14 0	4 1	290 57		1964 575		34
Nov15	18 5	30 15	42 19	174 110	122 14	31 14	36 10		12 4	11 4	15 2	386 92	10 1	22 12	20 4	28 5	65 20	8 3	20 7	436 122	16 1	2 0	4 2	224 53	12 1	15 0	10 0	333 67		2102 587		32
Dec15	22 6	42 16	37 14	191 93	142 6	37 10	33 14		13 2	4 0	23 2	388 85	18 3	18 5	15 6	31 2	41 10	9 2	20 6	492 118	11 3	3 2	3 0	230 31	14 3	12 0	21 1	369 51		2239 491		33
2015																														18856 5322	5328 3864	448
Jan16	16 0	31 8	22 8	136 60	126 11	28 12	27 11		11 2	4 1	11 4	372 70	21 5	12 6	18 6	26 3	44 12	7 1	19 4	443 110	5 2	3 0	4 3	227 37	11 0	16 0	8 0	349 34		1997 410		32
Feb16 [13]																														2197 571		31
Mar16 [13]																														2184 205		30
Apr16 [13]																														1829 497		30
May16 [13]																														1993 454		29
Jun16	29 1	38 6	42 10	155 27	107 7	45 8	47 7		18 5	10 2	27 3	451 39	27 2	23 7	11 4	25 2	48 11	24 2	25 3	417 55	8 0	7 1	6 0	246 24	1 0	12 0	9 2	386 20		2244 248		28
Jul16 [14]																														2526 405		27
Aug16 [14]																														2399 290		29
Sep16 [14]																														2369 456		30
Oct16 [14]																														2258 508		26
Nov16 [15]																														2219 468		31
Dec16 [15]																														2284 473		31
2016 [2]																														26499 4985	4985 3634	354
Jan17 [15]																														1959 366		35
Feb17 [15]	43 18	39 10	3 0	170 70	116 10	46 15	63 26		14 5	12 5	21 3	120 23	30 5	28 8	19 5	30 4	52 11	5 3	17 5	424 134	6 0	6 0		108 22	9 1	9 0	53 1	323 62		1766 446		35
Mar17 [16]																														2467 643		38
Apr17 [16]																														2136 560		36
May17 [16]																														1688 285		38
Jun17 [16]																														1357 338		29
Jul17 [16]																														1666 426		27
Aug17 [16]	70 17	22 6	36 10	62 32	59 6	34 14	51 8		159 5	10 1	19 1	745 49	22 3	28 6	15 2	33 4					2 0	4 1		41 8	3 1	12 0	10 1	297 32		1734 207		31
Sep17 [16]	87 24	42 9	36 6	84 41	108 13	77 20	53 18		25 5	15 1	31 5	407 44	29 4	41 13	24 5	58 6	43 1	6 0	13 1	423 106	8 0			57 8	12 0	24 3	29 3	443 55		2175 391		25
Oct17 [19]																														2311 559		26
Nov17 [19]																														2268 280		28
Dec17 [19]																														2286 544		28
2017 [1]	763 177	678 200	707 208	1741 751	1261 106	624 167	734 189		356 52	130 18	243 31	4134 615	305 42	366 105	218 48	573 94	470 89	43 9	143 33	3834 1101	85 13	44 6	14 3	982 210	139 19	219 5	245 14	4762 740		23813 5045	5045 3627	376
Turns [17]	L: 175			R: 739	L: 106		R: 99		L: 52			R: 612	L: 42			R: 92	L: 79			R: 1096	L: 13			R: 207	L: 19			R: 739
Jan18 [19]																														2283 480		33
Feb18 [19]																														2193 332		32
Mar18 [19]																														2732 414		30
Apr18 [19]																														2988 582		30
May18 [19]	101 18	69 16	91 17	226 79	118 17	90 21	91 19		39 8	15 5	32 5	655 68	22 2	34 9	18 4	68 4	39 8	6 0	13 2	451 86	6 0	14 2	3 0	71 11	10 0	30 1	20 1	672 63		3004 466		29
Jun18 [19]																														2940 339		28
Jul18 [20]																														3025 415		29
Aug18 [20]																														3217 454		24
Sep18 [20]																														2970 215		26
Oct18 [20]																														2702 340		27
Nov18 [20]																														2569 446		21
Dec18 [20]	84 20	70 23	21 2	225 101	60 9	97 10	94 13		36 11	13 2	38 5	528 66	13 1	26 9	37 4	40 2	53 2	3 1	13 2	734 156	14 0	17 2	6 1	104 15	10 1	26 2	20 0	520 45		2902 505		26
2018 [1]	928 176	831 200	765 146	2558 855	1062 150	1234 237	1213 235		390 72	315 39	452 55	6134 626	232 23	507 109	322 51	769 74	592 56	58 13	149 24	6216 1087	190 11	122 11	110 15	1246 147	113 10	279 13	217 11	7076 542		32280 5226	4988 3485	335
Turns [17]	L: 175			R: 846	L: 149		R: 135		L: 72			R: 622	L: 23			R: 74	L: 55			R: 1081	L: 11			R: 146	L: 10			R: 540
Jan19 [20]	77 17	66 15	17 3	221 64	71 4	98 13	119 18		30 9	24 4	29 5	663 63	9 2	28 6	33 5	53 2	57 3	4 0	14 2	741 109	10 1	13 2	9 2	98 17	6 1	23 1	14 1	565 42		3092 411		31
Feb19 [21]																														2901 329		30
Mar19	15 5	70 18	17 3	268 93	83 21	112 29	106 29		37 10	22 4	30 3	702 118	13 6	35 8	35 5	70 13	74 4	3 1	11 4	682 186	12 1	15 3	26 6	160 27	6 0	27 1	29 2	584 77		3244 677		35
Apr19 [21]																														2989 429		37
May19 [21]																														2688 253		35
Jun19 [21]																														2280 384		26
Jul19 [21]																														2685 107		29
Aug19 [21]	12 1	100 12	3 1	169 42	82 14	119 11	146 24		33 2	37 2	47 2	719 72	35 7	56 8	54 3	90 4	47 3	5 0	18 0	587 84	22 1	26 1	19 1	319 13	12 3	32 1	14 0	651 39		3454 351		31
Sep19 [21]	23 10	86 44	2 1	88 40	75 18	104 38	104 38		41 17	39 14	43 11	656 119	28 8	77 27	47 17	51 9	59 12	10 5	16 4	539 177	26 3	22 0	22 7	490 36	9 0	26 3	27 4	671 77		3381 739		23
Oct19 [21]	85 20	78 31	58 18	156 54	88 8	116 36	122 32		39 16	43 10	43 7	590 77	15 5	51 14	45 9	37 6	60 14	5 0	14 5	551 140	13 2	2 1	9 3	156 10	7 0	18 1	20 2	550 46		2971 567		25
Nov19 [22]	102 27	81 28	91 29	227 64	75 12	5 1	129 25		41 10	25 6	37 10	531 82	5 0	7 2	10 1	5 0	34 6	2 0	15 1	579 45					8 0	33 3	27 1	530 36		2599 389
Dec19 [22]	91 31	76 42	84 42	356 173	64 12		117 43		21 6	30 12	34 8	509 76					45 9	9 0	12 4	429 43	8 2	6 0	6 1	173 7	10 1	24 2	14 2	539 44		2657 560
2019 [1] [22] [23]	- 121	- 252	- 99	- 758	- 139	- 178	- 279		- 99	- 57	- 63	- 807	- 40	- 100	- 58	- 51	- 76	- 8	- 25	- 1238	- 16	- 10	- 23	- 139	- 6	- 13	- 16	- 525		34941 5196	5196 3638	362 (proj.)
Turns [17]	L: 117			R: 746	L: 136		R: 119		L: 98			R: 800	L: 40			R: 51	L: 75			R: 1231	L: 16			R: 138	L: 6			R: 523
Cam #	CV01				CV02				CV03				CV04				CV05				CV06				CV07
[8]	Nbd Azusa @ Cypress (mostly right turns) [4]				Nbd Barranca @ Rowland [4]				Ebd Rowland @ Barranca (mostly right turns) [4]				Wbd Rowland @ Barranca [4]				Nbd Grand @ Badillo (mostly right turns) [4]				Sbd Grand @ Badillo (mostly right turns) [4]				Ebd Badillo @ Grand (mostly right turns) [4]				% of Citations Collected [7]	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed Per Official Monthly CMR Reports [1] [4]	Total Citations Issued/ Rolling Right Citations Per CVC 21455.5(i) Annual Reports [17]	Revenue from Court (thou- sands) [18]
Lane #	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

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

Official reports, 2007 - 2010, received Jan. 11, 2011
Also see the 2007 - 2009 official reports at the link in Docs Set # 3, below.
Official reports received Jan. 24, 2011
Official reports received Feb. 1, 2013
Official reports received May 23, 2013
Official reports received July 10, 2013
Official reports received Mar. 14, 2014
Official reports received May 20, 2014
Official reports received Mar. 3, 2015
Official reports received July 21, 2015
Official reports received Jan. 19, 2016
Official reports received July 27, 2016
Official reports received Dec. 1, 2016
Official reports received Mar. 16, 2017
Official reports received Sept. 12, 2017
Official reports received Oct. 17, 2017
Official reports received Aug. 29, 2018
Official reports received Mar. 4, 2019
Official reports received Nov. 21, 2019
Official reports received Feb. 13, 2020

[ ] indicates a footnote.
[1] These totals were provided by the City.
[2] These annual totals, or annual projections, are 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 ATS calls Total Events, 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 obtained and posted. The figures in black type are what ATS calls Citations Issued.
[5] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 1-11-11 (linked above), which also is the source for the totals given for this month.
[6] The totals given for this month are from the official reports linked in Docs Set # 3, below.
[7] The collection rates are from the police department's "Viability Study" linked in Docs Set # 3, below. Page 7 of the Viability Study explains the method by which the collection rates were calculated.
[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] Monthly, annual and overall totals are from official reports received 1-24-11.
[10] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 5-23-13 (linked above).
[11] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 7-10-13 (linked above).
[12] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 3-14-14 (linked above).
[13] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 7-27-16 (linked above).
[14] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 12-1-16 (linked above).
[15] Lane-by-lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 3-16-17 (linked above).
[16] Lane-by lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 10-17-17 (linked above).
[17] From the annual reports required, beginning with 2013, by CVC 21455.5(i). They become available by the Fall of the following year. The figures for 2019 are from the Location Direction Summary Report received 2-14-20 (linked above). Also see Set # 2, below.
[18] For more info about monthly revenue, see Set # 6, below.
[19] Lane-by lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 8-29-18 (linked above).
[20] Lane-by lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 3-4-19 (linked above).
[21] Lane-by lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 11-21-19 (linked above).
[22] Lane-by lane data for this month is available in the official reports received 2-13-20 (linked above).
[23] The 2019 citywide Total Events figure is by highwayrobbery.net. The 2019 citywide Notices Printed figure, and the 2019 lane-by-lane totals, were provided by the City.

Covina Docs Set # 2

Ticketing Highlights

In the seven years 2013 - 2019 annual ticketing was very steady while the number of violations recorded (red figures in table above) more than doubled. Is the City safer?

An official report showed that in 2018, 80% of the City's tickets were for turns, mostly right turns. In 2016 the figure was 73%.

Covina Docs Set # 3
The Contract with ATS

Possibly No Longer Cost Neutral

On Aug. 10, 2009 the City sent me a 54 page pdf document.

Pages 2 - 19 of the pdf are the original 2006 contract, which at Section 4(f) says:

Remaining year terms: After the first year of the contract, Customer shall not be required to pay ATS more than Customer (or ATS on Customer's behalf) has collected in fines through the use of the Axsis System cumulatively throughout the term of the contract.

Page 1 of the pdf is a 9-15-08 memo to the CPD, in which ATS specifies a lowered "Monthly Unit Price" of $2200 per camera, and concludes:

The terms will remain in effect through December 31, 2008 at which time the City and ATS will review this agreement and jointly review the individual site performance and determine the monthly unit price. In the event that ATS chooses to decommission four or more units, the previous monthly fee shall be reinstated.

Pages 44 - 54 of the pdf are a June 2009 "Viability Study" which says, at page 6:

“The fee arrangement was re-negotiated this fiscal year to a flat monthly fee…”

(A 2013 review of invoices and checks showed that the City has been paying $16,185 every month, since 2009.)

Also of interest:

Section 1.2.1 of Exhibit A (page 9 of the contract) specifies an "optional one-time warning period."

Option C of Schedule 1 (page 13 of the contract) sets an extra fee for citing out-of-state motorists.

Pages 20 - 43 of the pdf are the documents used to create the table, above.

In the Viability Study:

Page 1 mentions the 30-day warning period.

Page 2 mentions that fatalities rose 28.6%.

Page 6 mentions an "operating profit" and the new "flat" fee.

Page 7 assumes a $50 per hour employee cost for police personnel.

Page 7 also explains the method by which the collection rates were calculated.

Page 9 mentions that ATS is capable of issuing automated tickets to overweight trucks, but does not indicate if the City is using this service.

2014: Another Two Years

On April 1, 2014 the city council was to vote on a staff recommendation to extend the program to 2016.
Apr. 1 Staff Report
At that meeting, they delayed the matter, to the meeting of May 6.
May 6 Staff Report
At the May 6 meeting they voted 4 - 1 (Marquez, nay) to extend the program.
The new contract amendment did not include an "escape" (Termination for Convenience) clause, so if the City wishes to shut the cameras down it must either get ATS to agree to a shut down, or wait until the contract expires at the end of the two year extension.

2016: Another Year, and a Study Requested

In Jan. 2016 the City provided a copy of a May 2015 report ATS wrote about the program.
The report revealed that 75% of the tickets were going to visitors to town.
It also said that the recidivism rate (a motorist getting more than one ticket) was 7%, and claimed that was "low," while 7% actually is a much higher percentage than other cities have reported.

For the council meeting of Mar. 1, 2016 staff submitted a staff report, SaferStreetsLA submitted a study, highwayrobbery.net submitted an email, and the council voted 4 - 1 (Marquez nay) to do a new amendment extending the program for another year.
They also directed staff to use that time to do an in-depth study of the program's effect. Minutes.

May 2017: Contract Extended Five Years

On May 16, 2017 the City Council voted 4 - 1 (Marquez nay) to accept a staff recommendation to extend the contract for another five years.

After April 17, 2019 the City can cancel the contract, but must give 90 days notice.

Our Email in Opposition to the Extension
Minutes of the Meeting
Signed Copy of the New Contract

This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of Aug. 31, 2017.

Covina Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website

There is some info posted on the police department's website.

Covina Docs Set # 5
Cameras at Risk?

In June 2012 it was reported that thieves stole components of the camera systems in Cerritos, another ATS customer.

Covina Docs Set # 6
Do the Cameras Make a Profit? Probably Not

In 2018 the City received $335,000 of fine money from the Court (the City's monthly revenue from the court is noted in the rightmost column in the big table above and in the Revenue Spreadsheet on the LA County Docs page) and paid camera rent of $194,220 to ATS/Verra, leaving $140,780 to pay for the CPD staff who run the program and appear in court. That's $27 per ticket.

For comparison, for many years the Bay Area City of Millbrae, which does not have its own police department, paid $18,550 per month to the City of San Mateo for the SMPD to process and represent in court the (approx.) 1472 tickets Millbrae’s cameras generated each month. That equaled $12.60 per ticket, quite a bargain when compared to the County of Sacramento, which pays the CHP $40,000 per month to process the (approx.) 1211 tickets the joint City/County cameras generate each month. That equals $33.03 per ticket going to the CHP, plus in 2019 the Sacramento sheriff disclosed that its internal personnel and equipment costs are $81,000 per month ($66.89 per ticket), not including the payment to the CHP, or camera rent. (That disclosure was in a report the sheriff submitted to the Board of Supervisors on August 6.) Combining the payment to the CHP and the sheriff’s internal costs, Sacramento's cost to process each ticket is $99.92. Plus the rent paid to the camera vendor.
Covina's cost to process each ticket (and appear in court) most likely lies somewhere between Millbrae's $12.60 and Sacramento's $99.92.

Covina Docs Set # 7
Yellow Light Timing

In Dec. 2015 we requested copies of the City's current signal timing charts.

Charts received Jan. 19, 2016

Covina Docs Set # 8
More Coming

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

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