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City of Escondido (Program Closed)

Documents and Information

Escondido, pop. 119,000, is 18 miles north of San Diego.

Some of Escondido's tickets can 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.

The program has been closed. See Set # 2, below.

Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations Recorded (some months) and Notices Printed [4]

New 1-31-05, updated 9-5-13

Cam #	02ES 01	AUVA 01	CCVP 01	ES02 01	ESVA 01	JUSE 01	LIFI 01	LIFI 03	SEJU 01	VAAU 01	VAAU 03	VAES 01	VPCC 01	WVTU 01	WVTU 03
	Sec- ond & Escon- dido Blvd [6] [7]	Auto & Valley [6]	Centre City & Valley [6] [7]	Escon- dido Blvd & 2nd [6] [7]	Escon- dido Blvd & Valley [6] [8]	Jun- iper & Sec- ond [6] [8]	Lin- coln & Fig [6]	Lin- coln & Fig [6]	Sec- ond & Jun- iper [6] [8]	Valley & Auto [6]	Valley & Auto [6]	Valley & Escon- dido Blvd [6] [8]	Valley & Centre City [6] [7]	Valley & Tulip [6]	Valley & Tulip [6]	[3]	Total Citations Issued as % of Events Re- corded	Total Violations Recorded/ Notices Printed [1] [4]
Aug04
Sep04 [7]	103 89		65 47	45 43									109 81				81%	322 260
Oct04	126 99		9 4	47 39									166 86				66%	348 228
Nov04	97 82		104 69	30 27									179 123				73%	410 301
Dec04 [8]	71 60		62 44	25 21	10 8	3 2			23 21			33 23	131 85				74%	358 264

Jan05	84 66	0 0	66 31	40 37	29 18	10 3	0 0	0 0	67 55	0 0	0 0	148 109	156 105	0 0	0 0			600 424
Feb05	74 65	0 0	43 21	53 44	26 23	8 7	0 0	0 0	67 54	0 0	0 0	154 112	123 76	0 0	0 0			548 402
Mar05	92 78	0 0	47 28	53 49	36 24	8 5	0 0	0 0	61 43	0 0	0 0	138 95	155 92	0 0	0 0			590 414
Apr05																		620 415
May05
Jun05
Jul05	84 48	0 0	63 38	34 32	27 11	10 2	0 0	0 0	67 11	0 0	0 0	145 71	80 43	0 0	0 0			510 256
Aug05
Sep05
Oct05																		493 236
Nov05
Dec05

Jan06	62 43	0 0	41 26	38 32	27 21	8 4	0 0	0 0	70 46	0 0	0 0	184 105	122 79	0 0	0 0			552 356
Feb06	51 33	0 0	43 30	39 35	13 9	9 7	0 0	0 0	67 45	0 0	0 0	164 96	98 61	0 0	0 0			484 316
Mar06	61 40	25 17	40 22	32 26	16 8	5 3	0 0	0 0	64 42	14 11	87 59	173 103	87 52	0 0	0 0			604 383
Apr06	56 35	69 36	33 21	29 22	24 14	10 5	0 0	0 0	68 42	32 22	107 71	133 66	59 25	0 0	0 0			620 360
May06	61 35	99 48	26 13	36 29	20 13	11 5	118 71	53 26	66 36	59 50	226 141	163 78	69 35	0 0	116 81			1123 661
Jun06	57 25	19 51	43 21	29 21	18 11	11 4	413 253	195 117	73 40	61 40	353 106	170 69	74 38	174 65	255 162			2045 1023
Jul06	42 18	86 32	44 30	30 24	24 15	16 1	367 222	140 65	80 39	60 41	280 143	168 71	83 33	215 73	250 170			1885 977
Aug06	48 33	113 58	40 29	30 24	11 5	7 3	318 222	202 111	69 18	59 26	277 146	123 45	80 51	196 62	257 187			1830 1020
Sep06	39 18	119 60	14 8	41 31	15 8	6 3	221 137	146 90	58 27	58 45	144 72	121 47	78 45	181 64	182 128			1423 783
Oct06	70 43	83 46	15 7	32 26	16 9	14 6	19 79	55 30	63 36	58 42	171 69	128 66	86 48	145 47	156 118			1211 672
Nov06
Dec06

Jan07	63 36	52 27	26 15	28 17	9 6	12 2	124 94	42 27	45 32	15 12	186 124	121 32	75 54	142 68	146 126			1086 672
Feb07
Mar07
Apr07																		1380 695
May07
Jun07
Jul07	54 23	88 24	37 8	17 11	22 14	8 2	166 95	42 18	69 41	58 40	396 163	149 85	45 25	133 47	196 139			1480 735
Aug07
Sep07
Oct07																		1180 687
Nov07
Dec07

Jan08	55 35	53 31	39 26	19 15	11 6	9 4	103 71	37 21	40 31	21 19	331 181	121 71	54 42	101 55	145 111			1139 719
Feb08
Mar08
Apr08																		1148 597
May08
Jun08
Jul08	56 21	47 18	0 0	16 12	11 9	3 2	110 59	33 17	46 27	43 33	252 104	150 78	68 28	118 40	156 107			1109 555
Aug08
Sep08
Oct08																		1130 761
Nov08
Dec08

Jan09	36 10	40 27	36 18	12 12	12 11	5 1	124 83	36 26	40 25	23 21	238 138	97 49	50 32	69 33	105 88			923 574
Feb09
Mar09
Apr09																		914 544
May09
Jun09
Jul09	36 12	24 14	51 32	15 9	17 11	5 5	134 74	43 27	34 27	28 19	175 84	102 51	51 37	49 27	112 70			876 499
Aug09
Sep09
Oct09																		910 580
Nov09
Dec09

Jan10	34 23	8 4	14 10	19 17	13 11	6 3	99 80	24 14	33 22	25 22	148 89	105 68	66 50	57 41	102 80			753 534
Feb10
Mar10
Apr10	67 45	27 19	52 36	7 5	40 26	5 3	117 82	24 13	65 47	63 55	211 96	120 67	23 20	59 28	116 96			996 638
May10
Jun10
Jul10	70 37	15 7	61 28	9 3	18 10	5 2	132 93	37 20	75 52	66 54	200 109	115 50	18 11	53 27	96 59			970 562
Aug10
Sep10	53 29	26 17	57 27	9 7	11 7	2 2	111 73	20 17	66 50	46 34	104 62	126 78	34 23	51 30	91 72			807 528
Oct10																		808 565
Nov10	60 39	4 1	42 25	10 8	12 5	3 2	96 71	46 32	79 56	4 1	81 58	105 61	40 36	172 101	117 99			871 595
Dec10

Jan11	62 40	5 4	30 13	7 6	10 4	5 3	90 61	39 26	84 63	5 4	69 33	105 69	26 16	32 17	79 70			648 429
Feb11																		644 276
Mar11																		786 283
Apr11	0 0	16 3	127 16	16 7	0 0	36 4	116 29	34 12	80 34	41 3	321 35	111 26	25 8	36 6	93 38			1052 221
May11																		1156 276
Jun11																		1337 337
Jul11																		1481 235
Aug11																		1230 388
Sep11																		1102 368
Oct11	90 38	10 5	210 30	12 6	28 2	34 1	230 109	97 48	47 21	27 3	132 42	98 32	34 12	129 64	113 78			1291 491
Nov11																		1136 402
Dec11																		1235 455

Jan12	94 50	15 1	173 16	6 2	21 3	55 2	183 91	91 45	53 33	43 5	162 41	133 37	51 13	48 20	106 79			1234 438
Feb12																		1001 451
Mar12																		1164 496
Apr12																		1146 496
May12																		1183 525
Jun12																		1234 509
Jul12																		1170 509
Aug12																		1229 518
Sep12																		1208 544
Oct12	166 54	31 8	137 24	14 11	46 10	56 3	158 101	55 30	48 33	45 11	212 91	173 84	38 17	64 36	156 127			1399 640
Nov12																		1150 477
Dec12																		1202 546

Jan13																		1098 486
Feb13																		1061 404
Mar13																		1236 474
Apr13																		1169 475
May13 [9]																		1423 526 [9]
Jun13																		1327 509
Jul13																		1527 542
Aug13																		1495 333
Sep13	P	R	O	G	R	A	M		C	L	O	S	E	D
2013 [5]																		3749
Cam #	02ES 01	AUVA 01	CCVP 01	ES02 01	ESVA 01	JUSE 01	LIFI 01	LIFI 03	SEJU 01	VAAU 01	VAAU 03	VAES 01	VPCC 01	WVTU 01	WVTU 03
	Sec- ond & Escon- dido Blvd [6] [7]	Auto & Valley [6]	Centre City & Valley [6] [7]	Escon- dido Blvd & 2nd [6] [7]	Escon- dido Blvd & Valley [6] [8]	Jun- iper & Sec- ond [6] [8]	Lin- coln & Fig [6]	Lin- coln & Fig [6]	Sec- ond & Jun- iper [6] [8]	Valley & Auto [6]	Valley & Auto [6]	Valley & Escon- dido Blvd [6] [8]	Valley & Centre City [6] [7]	Valley & Tulip [6]	Valley & Tulip [6]	[3]	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, 2004
Official reports, 2004 - 2010
Official reports, 2005, 2006, 2010
Official reports, 2010 - 2012
Official reports, 2011 - 2012
Official reports, 2005 - 2013
Official reports, 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] Except where noted otherwise, the figures given in the table are for the single calendar month indicated.
Figures in red type and not enclosed in parentheses (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure when there are two or more rows of figures in a cell) are what RedFlex calls Total Processed Incidents or Total Violations, and represent Total Detections (all incidents flashed by the camera) minus Nonprosecutable incidents.
Any figures in (red) type enclosed in parentheses are Total Detections and come from the official report entitled RTS Management Report (example) which, beginning in 2013, highwayrobbery.net will be requesting from all cities.
The figures in black type are what the city 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).
Due to time limitations, complete figures have been posted only for selected months or cameras. If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months or cameras will be posted.
[5] Annual total, or projection, is by highwayrobbery.net
[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. For the City's list of enforced intersections, see Exh. A in the 2009 contract, linked below.
[7] Partial month, beginning Sep. 8, 2004. City's handwritten notation on official report says they issued warning notices until Oct. 8.
[8] City's handwritten notation on official report says they issued warning notices fromo Dec. 23 until Jan. 22.
[9] Data was received shortly after the end of the month, so the number of tickets issued is likely to be low.

Escondido Docs Set # 2
The Contracts, and Decision to Terminate

If you have an Escondido ticket issued before 2009, don't pay it! Fight it. In the original contract the city signed Dec. 29, 2003, it agreed to pay RedFlex $89 per ticket. Vehicle Code Sec. 21455.5(g) (as of 2013, Sec. 21455.5(h)), which became effective two days later, made such pay-per-ticket compensation schemes illegal but "grandfathered" any contract signed before 2004, so long as it was not amended after 1-1-04.
On July 13, 2005 the city amended the contract (City Resolution # 2005-168). I believe that the amendment ended the grandfather and made all tickets issued after that date invalid, as the City's continued to pay RedFlex on a per-ticket basis (see invoices).
(See Defect # 10 - B, and this Dec. 30, 2008 North County Times article.)

On Dec. 17, 2008 the Escondido city council voted to sign a new contract, effective Jan. 1, 2009, with a term of five years. The new contract is "flat rate" - it does not include an illegal "cost neutrality" clause.

The new contract allows the City to cancel with fifteen days' notice.

The new contract gives RedFlex veto power over the selection of camera locations. The contract's Exhibit A says: "Identification of enforced intersection approaches will be based upon mutual agreement between RedFlex and the City as warranted by community safety and traffic needs." (Emphasis added.) See CVC 21455.5(c)(2)(A) and the expanded version of Defect # 9.

The new contract also says: Definitions. "1.34 Warning Period" means a period of thirty (30) days after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach, wherein only warning notices shall be issued, commencing within 30 days after the system has been installed." (Emphasis added.) See Defect # 6.

Program Terminated

At its meeting of Aug. 21, 2013 the city council voted, 5 - 0, to terminate the program. More information is here.
On Sep. 3 the police department told highwayrobbery.net that the cameras were still taking pictures, but the pictures were not being processed into tickets.
Tickets issued prior to the council's decision to terminate will be prosecuted as usual.

This list of contracts and amendments is up-to-date as of Jan. 31, 2013.

Escondido 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.

2006: 02ES - LIFI (big file)
2010: 02ES - LIFI (big file)
2012: 02ES - LIFI (big file)

2006: SEJU - WVTU (big file)
2010: SEJU - WVTU (big file)
2012: SEJU - WVTU (big file)

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

Escondido Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website

There is extensive red light camera program info at the police department's website.
(If the link does not work, try drilling down:
ci.escondido.ca.us > government > city departments > police > escondido.org/police > divisions > special enforcement > red light cameras.)

Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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

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