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

City of Hawthorne Documents
(and Information)

Hawthorne, pop. 80,000, is just southeast of LAX.


It may be possible to completely ignore a Hawthorne 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.

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 HPD in an attempt to bluff you into identifying the driver. Hawthorne issues a lot of Snitch Tickets - in an April 2013 random sample, 49% of everything they sent out was Snitch Tickets.  For more details about Snitch Tickets, see the Snitch Ticket section at the top of the Your Ticket page.


Yes this is the page about Hawthorne's red light cameras, but first, this important political announcement.


In 2022, Vote No on Sheila Kuehl

Do you live in LA County?  Was Zev Yaroslavsky your County Supervisor?  (Until Nov. 2014, 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 voted to put 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.



Details of some 2004 - 2006 (old!) trials and arraignments of Hawthorne tickets are at:  Hawthorne Chronology.


Hawthorne Contacts
City Hall, 4455 W. 126th St., Hawthorne, CA 90250
(310) 349-2900
(1 block west of Hawthorne Blvd.)
Councilmembers' email addresses and/or phone numbers are at:

Council Contact Info

The council meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, and usually start at 6:00 pm.  The Oral Communications section - your chance to speak for up to three minutes - will be near the beginning of the meeting, right after presentations by local non-profit organizations.

As of the June 8, 2021 meeting - due to the pandemic - it still was not possible for the public to attend the meetings in person, but it was possible to comment by phone.  From an agenda:

   
"Members of the public who wish to participate in the meeting by making comments can participate by calling the city clerk no later than 4:30 pm on the date of the meeting and noting the item on which the member wants to speak by leaving a message at (310)  349-2915 and leaving your return phone number.  When oral communications commence, the public member will be called and placed on speakerphone.  In addition, you may offer your comments through email at pjimenez@cityofhawthorne.org.  Emails must be received prior to 4:30 pm on the day of the meeting and will be provided to the city council members before the meeting.  Also, emails received will be posted on the City website under City Clerk."


Hawthorne Chamber of Commerce
4444 El Segundo Blvd., Hawthorne, CA 90250
hawchamber@aol.com
(310) 676-1173



Hawthorne Docs Set # 1

Signal Timing

Updated 12-11-04, 6-25-13, 11-1-17

At the Aug. 24, 2004 court trials, Officer Mark Escalante noted that the city had filed, with the court, a survey of the timing of the lights.  This is that survey, obtained through a public records request made to the City.


It is clear to me that were Hawthorne to raise their left-yellows to 4.0 seconds, there would be a huge decrease in red light running, as there was in Mesa, Arizona.   In September 2004 I lobbied Mr. Smith, his boss Interim Director of Public Works Stanley E. Scholl, City Manager Richard Prentice, Sgt. Keith Kauffman who runs the camera program, as well as the entire city council, to make that change.  I showed them the Mesa figures.  But, as Mr. Prentice said, "We're not gonna change it."

A Change Occurs, Anyway

On Oct. 14, 2004 I made a Public Records Act request for the signal timing charts for Hawthorne's four camera-monitored intersections.  (Signal timing charts show the length of the yellow, as programmed into the signal controller.)  I asked for "...the present signal timing settings.  Also any previous versions... (with) settings in use Jan. 1, 2003 or thereafter."  The request was sent to the County Department of Public Works, which maintains and programs Hawthorne's signals.  On Nov. 10 I received the charts.  The sole Hawthorne / El Segundo chart, dated 1998, showed the same settings indicated in Mr. Smith's letter, above.  But there were two different charts for Rosecrans / Hindry.  The newest one, dated 9-29-04, showed a 4.0-second yellow for northbound Hindry - different from Mr. Smith's letter.
(In these charts, northbound Hindry is phase 4.)

          
Click here to see the complete 9-29-04 chart.

The other chart, below, was completed in 2001, and showed the 3.0-second yellow mentioned in Mr. Smith's letter.

Since drivers in the northbound left-turn lane have the option of going straight across (into the shopping center), I believe that the yellow was lengthened because 3.0 seconds would be too short for that straight-through movement.

         
Click here to see the complete 9-19-01 chart.

The new (2004) Rosecrans / Hindry chart did not include a lengthening of the yellow for the westbound left turn ("WBL"), Phase 5.  It remained at 3.0 seconds.  However, some of the supplemental pages (the charts are actually 17 pages long, each) included some changes to the lengths of the green lights at various times of day.  Those changes are presented in the table below.

Phase
Time of Day (M - F)
Up to 9-28-04
9-29-04 and After
4 - NB
5:30 - 9:30 a.m.
25
19
4 - NB
9:30 - 3:00
24
30
4 - NB
3:00 - 8:00 p.m.
24
25
5 - WBL
5:30 - 9:30 a.m. 10
10
5 - WBL
9:30 - 3:00 17
25
5 - WBL
3:00 - 8:00 p.m. 19
16

Table made by highwayrobbery.net
WBL = Westbound Left
NB = Northbound Straight and Turns


Why the Yellow Time was Changed

On Nov. 23, 2004 I made a Public Records Act request (to County Public Works Dept.) for "the radar speed checks and any other measurements of traffic conditions, speed or volume, that were ordered, or considered, as part of the Department's Sept. 2004 examination of the timing of the signals at Rosecrans/Hindry and Hawthorne/El Segundo, in the City of Hawthorne."   On Dec. 10 I received the following June 14, 2004 chart, showing a 34 mph 85th Percentile speed on Hindry.   There are no speed limit signs posted on Hindry.


Each "x" represents one car in the speed sampling of 100 cars.


City Wanted to Change Yellow Back to the Way It Was

At the trials of Jan. 11, 2005, Officer Mullen testified that the City was asking the county (which maintains and sets the signal) to change the northbound Hindry yellow back to 3.0. 


Signal Settings, Received in 2013

Signal timing charts received in June 2013 showed that the yellow for northbound Hindry remained at 4.0.
For the westbound left turn the yellow remained at 3.0 but the Minimum Green had been lengthened from 4 seconds to 9 seconds.

2007 - 2012 Rosecrans/Hindry Timing Charts, Top Pages Only, Last Implementation Date: May 21, 2012
2007 - 2012 Rosecrans/Hindry Timing Charts, All Pages


Speed Survey of 2014

The Engineer's Speed Survey Report
Ordinance Adopted by City Council


Signal Settings, Received in 2016

Rosecrans/Hindry, Implemented on June 26, 2012
Hawthorne Blvd./El Segundo Blvd., Prepared on Oct. 9, 2014
(No Implementation Date Shown)
Hawthorne Blvd./Imperial Hwy., Prepared on Oct. 9, 2014 (No Implementation Date Shown)


 


Hawthorne Docs Set # 2
Ticket Counts


Violations Recorded, Notices Printed, and Citations Issued
(4)

Updated 12-10-20


On Oct. 6, 2004 the City Clerk's office supplied copies of RedFlex invoices containing monthly totals of Cites Issued (and filed with the court).  Those totals were entered into the table, below, as "Totals Cites Issued per Invoices."  RedFlex invoiced the City $89 for each cite issued (and filed).  The invoices did not provide a camera-by-camera breakdown of cites issued.

On Nov. 10, 2004 the City provided a RedFlex
"Customer Violations Report" having camera-by-camera data.  While the Report did not include a month-by-month breakdown, it was possible to see that the Rosecrans / Hindry cameras (which started on April 19) had been averaging about 1000 notices per month.   That was the most I had seen up to that time at any intersection in California.  That count equaled the 1999 - 2000 results from San Diego's infamous Harbor / Grape left-turn camera. 

On Jan. 4, 2005 the City provided, for the first time, month-by-month data for each camera. Apr. to Dec. 2004
In June 2005 I received data covering Jan. to Apr. 2005
In Oct. 2010 I received data covering 2005 to 2010, at six-month intervals.
In Dec. 2011 I received data covering late 2010 to 2011.
In Nov. 2012 I received data for Dec. 2011 to Nov. 2012.
In Jan. 2013 I received data for Apr. 2010 to Dec. 2012.
In June 2013 I received data for Oct. 2005 to May 2013.
In June 2013 I received data for Nov. 2012.
In July 2013 I received data for Aug. 2009 to July 2013 (9).
In Oct. 2013 I received data for Dec. 2004 to Sep. 2013.
In Dec. 2013 I received data for Mar. 2004 to Oct. 2013.
In Dec. 2013 I received data for Sep. to Nov. 2013.
In Apr. 2014 I received data for Dec. 2013 to Mar. 2014.
In July 2014 I received data for Mar. 2014 to June 2014.
In Sep. 2014 I received data for July 2014.
In Feb. 2015 I received data for Aug. 2014 to Dec. 2014.
In June 2015 I received data for Jan. to May 2015.
In Dec. 2015 I received data for June to Nov. 2015.
In May 2016 I received data for Dec. 2015 to Mar. 2016.
In Aug. 2016 I received data for Apr. to June 2016.
In Jan. 2017 I received data for July to Nov. 2016.
In July 2017 I received data for Nov. 2016 to Apr. 2017
In Aug. 2017 I received data for May 2017 to July 2017
In Apr. 2018 I received data for June 2014 to Mar. 2018
In Sep. 2018 I received data for Apr. to Aug. 2018
In Feb. 2019 I received data for Sep. to Dec. 2018
In Sep. 2019 I received data for Jan. to Aug. 2019, but not month-by-month

In Oct. 2020 I received data for CYs 2016, 2017, 2018, Nov. 2016, May 2017, July 2018, Feb. 2019
In Dec. 2020 I received data for June 2019
 In Oct. 2019 I received data for Sep. 2019
In Dec. 2019 I received data for Oct. 2019
In Jan. 2020 I received data for Nov. 2019
In Mar. 2020 I received data for Dec. 2019
In Mar. 2020 I received data for CY 2019 and Jan. & Feb. 2020
In Nov. 2020 I received data for Mar. to Sep. 2020


Snitch Tickets

The City's use of Nominations (a.k.a. Snitch Tickets) may explain,
(A)  the discrepancy between the figures for Notices Printed and Total Cites Issued (filed with the court), and
(B)  the month-to-month overlap in the serial numbers.
  

See the table's footnotes for further details.

Cam #
HAES
01
HAES
03
HAIM
01
HAIM
03
HIRO
01
IMFR
01
ROHI
01








CITY OF
HAWTHORNE
CALIFORNIA
RED LIGHT
CAMERAS:
MONTHLY
TICKETING
TABLE
by
highwayrobbery.net
Haw-
thorne
@
El
Segundo

Left
Haw-
thorne
@
El
Segundo

Left
Haw-
thorne
@
Imperial
Haw-
thorne
@
Imperial
Hindry
NB@
Rose-
crans
Right
and
Left


(5)
Imperial
@
Free-
man
Rose-
crans
WB@
Hindry


Left


(5)
(3)


Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
(10)
Serial
Number
Range
of Cites
Issued
This
Month,
per
Invoices
(6)

Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded
Total
Violations
Recorded/
Notices
Printed/
Cites
Issued
per
Invoices
(1) (4) (6)
Total
Citations
Issued/
Left
Turn
Citations
Per CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports

(11)
Mar04
3
20




117
71






174
94

Apr04
(6)
67
152




783
610




00695 -
00716
70%
1182
829
17

May04
(6)
139
108




844
640




00702-
01747
69%
1292
887
724

Jun04
(6)
134
84


1286
867

776
584




00703-
03344
68%
2444
1669
1150

Jul04
(6)
129
109
7
26
937
676
163
735
577




00744-
04702
73%
2312
1687
1036

Aug04
(6)
83
63
107
53
903
675
192
613
411




01321-
06444
68%
2313
1584
1387

Apr-
Aug
Totals
(2)













9543
6656
4314

Sep04
(5)
107
58
47
74
692
497
101
573
374





65%
1934
1258

Oct04
91
54
120
65
374
260
122
417
284





64%
1568
996

Nov04
92
53
86
60
501
391
127
509
342





68%
1687
1151

Dec04
107
85
123
35
639
448
118
691
436





57%
2373
1352

2004















Jan05
94
116
84
55
382
235
113
483
315





54%
1870
1012

Feb05
79
104
142
44
393
223
120
447
287





56%
1772
999

Mar05
48
103
181
43
490
276
109
457
298





59%
1789
1058

Apr05
83
104
186
31
1050
665
39
259
139





56%
2234
1247

May05






141






2286
1190

Jun05




1292
468

147
65






2317
912

Jul05
163
56
129
46
205
10
108
38
2695
479
144
57
130
51






3574
737

Aug05




2248
799

174
41






3238
1038

Sep05




1746
701

105
23






2668
1024

Oct05




2268
1055

99
37






3116
1360

Nov05






-34






2550
812

Dec05






-41






2889
1165

2005
(2)













-
12554

Jan06
130
29
128
37
154
32
112
28
1899
955
132
68
53
18






2608
1167

Feb06






38






2325
1156

Mar06






35






2479
1125

Apr06




1802
857

68
25






2412
1084

May06






18






2163
1006

Jun06






19






2132
971

Jul06
71
14
118
24
161
29
83
31
654
203
189
44
50
10






1326
355

Aug06






9






2039
580

Sep06






22






2017
927

Oct06




1536
793

72
27






2115
1005

Nov06






35






1972
1102

Dec06






50






2102
1317

2006
(2)













-
11795

Jan07
80
41
93
33
97
28
64
23
1066
541
113
57
57
26






1570
749

Feb07






20






1939
902

Mar07






16






2231
818

Apr07




1349
454

93
11






1866
531

May07






9






2086
367

Jun07






25






1882
432

Jul07
40
8
101
34
79
13
55
22
1237
542
101
33
203
78






1816
730

Aug07






42






1614
649

Sep07






50






1701
718

Oct07




1209
597

112
37






1723
775

Nov07






47






1565
792

Dec07






51






825
399

2007
(2)













-
7862

Jan08
36
19
64
23
74
17
57
26
921
577
84
51
79
47






1315
760

Feb08






28






1324
593

Mar08






51






1672
621

Apr08




1312
342

91
34






1787
489

May08






45






1843
467

Jun08






54






1364
313

Jul08
25
6
74
11
62
8
46
12
806
94
112
30
127
55






1252
216

Aug08






68






1242
271

Sep08






38






1183
490

Oct08




1073
616

99
44






1536
774

Nov08






35






1312
648

Dec08






42






1420
644

2008
(2)













-
6286

Jan09
23
14
67
48
84
34
62
24
842
478
97
52
87
24






1262
674

Feb09






32






1264
670

Mar09






48






1431
648

Apr09




882
357

92
41






1399
575

May09






69






1306
584

Jun09






21






1278
587

Jul09
15
8
65
33
70
34
67
30
858
412
116
56
121
71






1312
644

Aug09




832
396

115
66






1233
607

Sep09




707
393

122
82






1142
663

Oct09




758
417

113
58






1182
681

Nov09




731
379

111
67






1085
621

Dec09




760
440

454
270






1495
923

2009
(2)













-
7877

Jan10
31
24
69
43
68
43
45
28
663
360
52
43
294
85






1222
626

Feb10
23
19
70
53
54
35
55
30
620
392
63
54
272
189






1157
772

Mar10
28
25
86
72
92
45
59
42
762
488
89
71
387
272






1503
1015

Apr10
17
11
52
37
71
47
42
31
799
389
94
58
284
201






1359
774

May10
21
15
52
30
76
49
42
30
780
537
105
83
357
237



72


1433
981

Jun10
38
31
55
28
97
58
43
26
683
402
108
78
352
243



76


1376
866

Jul10
34
19
41
24
93
59
40
27
710
408
92
57
380
255



81


1390
849

Aug10
21
16
42
25
82
52
36
17
699
397
90
65
379
212



79


1349
784

Sep10
24
15
80
35
85
44
51
36
650
358
87
66
358
263



72


1335
817

Oct10
22
16
56
26
78
47
39
25
694
394
98
59
361
227



73


1348
794

Nov10
22
14
56
25
71
51
17
10
657
419
96
76
283
114



59


1202
709

Dec10
53
35
76
40
142
40
42
26
650
390
101
72
337
191



60


1401
794

2010
(2)
334
240
735
438
1009
570
511
328
8367
4934
1073
782
4044
2489



858
(proj.)

61%
16073
9781

Jan11
45
31
68
45
148
45
41
19
619
406
113
87
295
154



61


1329
787

Feb11
63
38
59
30
134
46
45
28
593
400
90
69
266
141



58


1250
752

Mar11
28
14
27
12
142
67
38
25
648
364
109
78
370
236



77


1362
796

Apr11
55
30
63
46
108
49
51
19
643
354
96
59
352
201



65


1368
758

May11
42
24
67
30
132
48
56
24
647
339
112
58
379
221



66


1435
744

Jun11
55
30
83
59
112
44
56
37
698
403
99
58
296
198



62


1399
829

Jul11
34
19
54
29
137
41
28
13
713
393
101
64
326
213



47


1393
772

Aug11
59
23
77
52
236
54
42
30
665
372
113
70
451
303



40


1643
904

Sep11
93
66
84
52
326
68
87
52
689
424
91
65
579
420



39


1949
1147

Oct11
100
63
94
64
239
88
76
42
854
574
104
78
535
371



50


2002
1280

Nov11
84
68
90
64
158
59
69
37
669
446
111
98
677
423



52


1858
1195

Dec11
83
58
88
60
182
82
81
33
826
559
102
88
771
375



58


2133
1255

2011
(2)
741
464
854
543
2054
691
670
359
8264
5034
1241
872
5297
3256



675

59%
19121
11219

Jan12
86
59
95
67
180
76
62
28
249
159
97
80
137
60



68


906
529

Feb12
85
62
94
54
220
102
65
32
0
0
108
83
0
0



56


572
333

Mar12
78
57
97
62
210
112
74
45
0
0
170
131
0
0



45


629
407

Apr12
103
69
88
59
194
90
57
31
0
0
126
83
0
0



32


568
332

May12
113
86
117
78
234
142
63
36
22
15
123
86
41
27



26


713
470

Jun12
111
64
96
68
219
108
59
34
358
231
133
81
845
581



26


1821
1167

Jul12
81
53
95
62
297
134
67
42
347
204
143
92
900
648



36


1930
1235

Aug12
80
59
102
69
228
110
80
52
357
237
120
85
876
586



59


1843
1198

Sep12
118
82
79
47
220
113
77
49
329
189
97
69
829
544



54


1749
1093

Oct12
107
76
127
95
207
126
67
38
396
246
87
69
765
499



84


1756
1149

Nov12
129
100
105
69
215
103
50
34
309
200
89
62
860
524



51


1757
1092

Dec12
67
51
99
70
232
109
44
34
359
201
83
66
922
601



61


1806
1132

2012
(2)
1158
818
1194
800
2656
1325
765
455
2726
1682
1376
987
6175
4070



598

63%
16050
10137

Jan13
128
95
124
90
216
107
45
28
265
168
93
69
688
411



71


1559
968

Feb13
106
82
111
85
213
114
52
29
268
207
88
65
713
498



56


1551
1080

Mar13
133
112
116
80
282
148
63
43
389
243
122
100
896
605



70


2001
1331

Apr13
99
68
140
97
220
115
84
59
348
206
111
81
776
518



73


1778
1144

May13
109
84
128
98
245
117
67
49
414
224
140
103
935
640



79


2038
1315

Jun13
118
91
119
86
219
109
79
51
310
164
145
99
895
577



70


1885
1177

Jul13
87
64
90
50
218
102
87
56
281
149
128
81
950
633



80


1841
1135

Aug13
79
57
81
49
197
79
145
77
263
125
127
79
1004
636



65


1896
1102

Sep13
113
78
108
71
182
67
117
74
371
110
104
66
944
607



63


1939
1073

Oct13
124
97
124
77
243
110
11
2
371
161
101
64
931
520



68


1905
1031

Nov13
103
60
106
49
215
89
10
3
336
137
100
72
901
491



53


1771
901

Dec13
125
70
108
54
248
111
3
1
453
175
95
66
1022
656



56


2054
1133

2013
(2)
1324
958
1355
886
2698
1268
763
472
4069
2069
1354
945
10655
6792



804

60%
22218
13390
7019
2114
Jan14
118
65
89
43
214
91
4
0
340
95
105
75
778
556



57


1648
925

Feb14
113
72
113
54
194
78
8
3
356
112
87
59
661
432



56


1532
810

Mar14
146
70
124
50
132
42
7
0
401
103
122
61
936
561



63


1868
887

Apr14
117
71
89
52
252
121
2
0
377
149
115
76
858
638



61


1810
1107

May14
159
92
171
97
353
184
14
7
413
176
126
67
995
680



63


2231
1303

Jun14
164
105
138
85
350
156
19
13
383
162
128
60
950
678



63


2132
1259

Jul14
169
123
83
55
321
133
15
10
350
179
118
69
993
722



73


2049
1291

Aug14
-
-
-
-
275
123
14
9
380
181
113
64
929
684



75


1711
1061

Sep14
-
-
-
-
360
179
23
12
410
172
80
50
820
566



70


1693
979

Oct14
-
-
-
-
344
181
20
11
391
147
113
64
930
598



79


1798
1001

Nov14
-
-
-
-
269
80
13
4
420
79
99
48
838
298



57


1639
509

Dec14
-
-
-
-
353
109
29
11
449
112
87
42
969
466



57


1887
740

2014
(2)
986
598
807
436
3417
1477
168
80
4670
1667
1293
735
10657
6879



774

54%
21998
11872
6575
4964
Jan15
0
0
0
0
370
103
43
25
432
171
92
53
568
344



59

46%
1505
696

Feb15
-
-
0
0
477
226
187
93
412
153
121
70
681
424



60

51%
1878
966

Mar15
-
-
0
0
666
266
252
122
327
77
117
57
843
418



71

43%
2205
940

Apr15
-
-
0
0
207
78
31
16
410
200
140
70
990
656



61

57%
1778
1020

May15
-
-
0
0
27
10
9
4
409
206
140
76
921
645



71

62%
1506
941

Jun15
0
0
66
29
192
69
25
12
369
169
128
48
966
644



69

56%
1746
971

Jul15
0
0
80
41
178
66
34
17
424
176
160
59
1133
665



67

61%
2009
1024

Aug15
14
10
55
33
187
77
39
15
458
218
139
71
1181
818



67

60%
2073
1242

Sep15
40
15
65
30
48
17
28
12
385
156
166
62
1125
650



69

51%
1857
942

Oct15
32
20
65
33
212
65
39
15
417
194
145
82
1066
688



71

56%
1976
1097

Nov15
33
21
51
22
160
64
34
15
429
202
142
92
758
481



65

56%
1607
897

Dec15
27
20
57
24
166
58
32
13
460
217
112
81
1105
685



67

56%
1959
1098

2015
(2)
146
86
439
212
2890
1099
753
359
4932
2139
1602
821
11337
7118



797

54%
22099
11834
6492
4510
Jan16
23
11
63
38
189
64
27
16
339
184
99
64
769
526



68

60%
1509
903

Feb16
36
26
58
31
183
71
0
0
365
178
114
85
911
554



69

57%
1667
945

Mar16
27
14
52
28
212
76
30
19
364
161
144
75
1053
697



70

57%
1882
1070

Apr16
25
20
57
28
233
102
37
21
365
165
170
87
979
673



70

59%
1866
1096

May16
40
23
62
18
171
42
33
13
374
154
137
60
989
573



71

49%
1806
883

Jun16
27
22
69
36
251
110
42
18
389
219
179
107
1129
878



72

67%
2086
1390

Jul16
44
27
67
31
271
85
42
14
375
177
168
84
1177
877



73

60%
2144
1295

Aug16
31
18
71
21
226
71
16
6
375
129
186
97
1234
820



87

54%
2139
1162

Sep16
27
22
79
29
221
66
43
20
403
157
171
104
1089
731



77

56%
2033
1129

Oct16
20
16
79
35
153
61
47
19
374
172
141
81
966
665



81

59%
1780
1049

Nov16
22
13
78
27
129
33
52
23
413
142
150
100
1117
671



80

51%
1961
1009

Dec16
36
30
70
38
236
82
63
30
456
191
137
64
1169
831



64

59%
2167
1266

2016
(1)
358
242
805
360
2475
863
432
199
4592
2029
1796
1008
12582
8496



882

57%
23040
13197
7272
5244
Jan17
23
14
59
24
175
63
42
19
341
128
122
62
960
679



83

57%
1722
989

Feb17
38
24
63
23
211
58
52
28
390
135
130
64
868
607



78

54%
1752
939

Mar17
36
29
70
29
260
96
65
34
459
190
166
100
1142
813



90

59%
2198
1291

Apr17
26
22
74
33
211
70
41
24
418
161
154
74
1151
819



82

58%
2075
1203

May17
32
23
67
26
262
98
44
18
394
139
187
59
1059
743



91

54%
2045
1106

Jun17
30
20
59
35
218
102
48
23
406
166
213
70
1076
793



94

59%
2050
1209

Jul17
31
21
85
30
272
93
56
28
393
144
220
59
1102
792



87

54%
2159
1167

Aug17
39
22
62
22
180
59
63
21
347
118
169
58
1147
840



89

57%
2007
1140

Sep17
51
37
65
15
267
81
59
18
380
83
166
62
1055
690



80

48%
2043
986

Oct17
36
31
74
31
305
121
49
18
406
142
178
102
1117
770



91

56%
2165
1215

Nov17
37
26
36
11
215
81
44
18
369
113
160
94
1050
730



77

56%
1911
1073

Dec17
24
18
71
23
261
102
44
14
450
121
182
103
1013
678



70

52%
2045
1059

2017
(1)
403
287
785
302
2837
1024
607
263
4753
1640
2047
907
12741
8954



1012

55%
24173
13377
9106
6934
Jan18
34
26
71
30
266
91
50
21
383
110
170
106
935
640



80

54%
1909
1024

Feb18
35
24
50
20
208
79
44
17
367
162
163
102
912
620



80

58%
1779
1024

Mar18
35
23
80
39
287
113
56
20
407
176
188
87
1031
736



97

57%
2084
1194

Apr18
19
9
62
29
204
72
53
31
329
138
225
90
1012
706



85

57%
1904
1075

May18
42
34
64
24
219
80
58
26
377
176
197
53
1047
751



72

57%
2004
1144

Jun18
34
23
93
39
312
117
52
27
425
220
213
67
968
688



68

56%
2097
1181

Jul18
43
32
127
65
257
111
55
28
393
178
231
81
1097
788



85

58%
2203
1283

Aug18
36
19
96
34
231
98
63
26
462
191
273
106
1066
787



75

57%
2227
1261

Sep18
6
5
32
5
217
100
40
17
421
189
242
78
1048
694



72

54%
2006
1088

Oct18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
401
241
233
109
1009
691



89

63%
1643
1041

Nov18
36
24
60
3
0
0
0
0
435
255
214
91
875
540



84

56%
1620
913

Dec18
(8)
32
21
64
3
223
79
42
11
466
284
202
105
1010
599



64

54%
2039
1102

2018
(1)
352
240
799
290
2425
940
513
223
4866
2322
2551
1076
12010
8240



951

57%
23516
13331
9311
6419
Jan19
(12)










91




Feb19
16
6
22
5
240
68
51
20
246
149
165
50
588
352



55

49%
1328
650

Mar19
(12)










79




Apr19
(12)










80




May19
(12)










69




Jun19










76


1648
933

Jul19
(12)










73




Jan-Aug19
(12)
211
125
543
167
1807
566
294
107
2957
1829
1588
778
6293
4013



60

55%
13693
7585

Sep19
35
22
67
30
175
25
34
12
438
194
207
141
1266
826



66

56%
2222
1250

Oct19
46
28
64
28
222
31
29
11
475
117
208
148
1336
798



83

49%
2380
1161

Nov19
26
18
75
34
241
16
23
1
416
71
188
123
1269
673





42%
2238
936

Dec19
39
27
59
31
243
32
24
6
474
93
210
148
1243
664





44%
2292
1001

2019
(1)
357
220
808
290
2688
670
403
137
4760
2304
2400
1338
11406
6974



878
(proj.)

52%
22822
11933
7561
4815
Jan20
25
17
79
30
248
16
25
5
392
51
232
155
992
505





39%
1993
779

Feb20
30
20
62
25
208
25
26
5
381
72
201
156
876
481





44%
1784
784

Mar20












37%
1703
629

Apr20












0%
1102
0

May20












37%
1294
482

Jun20












48%
1979
945

Jul20












50%
2319
1154

Aug20












46%
2437
1131

Sep20












46%
2427
1116

Oct20
(13)















Nov20















Dec20















2020
(2) (proj.)












44%
23904
10530

Cam #
HAES
01
HAES
03
HAIM
01
HAIM
03
HIRO
01
IMFR
01
ROHI
01








CITY OF
HAWTHORNE
CALIFORNIA
RED LIGHT
CAMERAS:
MONTHLY
TICKETING
TABLE
by
highwayrobbery.net
Haw-
thorne
@
El
Segundo

Left
Haw-
thorne
@
El
Segundo

Left
Haw-
thorne
@
Imperial
Haw-
thorne
@
Imperial
Hindry
NB@
Rose-
crans
 
Right
and
Left

(5)
Imperial
@
Free-
man
Rose-
crans
WB@
Hindry

Dual
Left


(5)
(3)


Revenue
from
Court
(thou-
sands)
(10)
Serial
Number
Range
of Cites
Issued
This
Month,
per
Invoices
(6)

Total
Notices
Printed
as % of
Violations
Recorded
Total
Violations
Recorded/
Notices
Printed/
Cites
Issued
per
Invoices

(1) (4) (6)
Total
Citations
Issued/
Left
Turn
Citations
Per CVC
21455.5(i)
Annual
Reports

(11)

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official city documents obtained under the California Public Records Act.

(  ) indicates a footnote.
(1)  Totals as provided by the City.
(2)  These totals, annual totals, and annual projections, are by highwayrobbery.net.  The 2017 projections are based on Jan. - Dec., excluding May.  The 2019 projections of annual revenue is based on ten months of revenue data.  The 2020 projection is based on eight months, excluding April.
(3)  Un-used columns are to allow for later expansion of City's system.
(4)  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 Total Incidents recorded by the cameras, and due to time limitations may have been posted 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 Nominations mailed (not filed with the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets).   Figures in blue type (or, if you are looking at this table in black and white, in italic type) are total Cites Issued (filed with the court), per RedFlex's monthly invoices to the City.
(5)  On Sept. 29, 2004 the yellow for northbound Hindry was increased, from 3.0 up to 4.0 seconds, and adjustments were made to the length of the green lights.  See Set # 1, above, for more details.
(6)  The only invoices (of Cites Issued) received covered Apr. to Aug. 2004.  The invoices did not contain a camera-by-camera breakdown of Cites Issued.  For month-by-month figures on fine revenue received by the City, see Set # 10, below.
(7)  Partial month.  The official report for this month was generated a few days before or after the end of the month, so the number of tickets eventually issued may be higher than shown in the official report.  In some cases, the data has not been entered into the table, pending receipt of a report for the full month.
(8)  The official report for this month was generated less than ten days after the end of the month.  As a result, many violations were still  "in progress" and the eventual number of "approved violations" would be expected to be greater than the number shown in the official report. Before being posted in the table above, the figures given in the official monthly report were adjusted by assuming that the "in progress" violations would be approved in the same proportion that violations were approved during the previous calendar year.  For July and Dec. 2018 the proportion used was 55%.
(9)  This set of reports did not include data for HAES-01 as it was inactive at the time the reports were run. 
(10)  For more info about monthly revenue, see Set # 10, below.
(11)  From the annual reports required, beginning with 2013, by CVC 21455.5(i).  They become available by the Fall of the following year.
(12)  Month-by-month reports for these months were requested on 8-21-19, 9-9-19, 9-19-19, 10-2-19 and 10-17-19.
(13)  Month-by-month reports for these months were requested on 10-15-20.



Hawthorne Docs Set # 3
"Late Time" Graphs

The City has 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.)

Grand Terrace late times bar chart
The picture above is an example from another city.

2006 Bar Graphs
2010 Bar Graphs
2011 Bar Graphs
2012 Bar Graphs
Jul. 2013 Bar Graphs
June 2014 Bar Graphs
Mar. & Oct. 2015 Tabular Version
March 2017 Tabular Version
March 2018 Tabular Version
June 2019 Tabular Version

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




Hawthorne Docs Set # 4
Info on HPD Site?

I have not been able to find a red light camera program info page on either the City's or the police department's website.




Hawthorne Docs Set # 5
Rosecrans / Hindry


Do you have a Rosecrans/Hindry ticket?  Please be sure to contact me.


New 11-14-04, updated 7-21-13

Hawthorne's Rosecrans/Hindry intersection with its heavy enforcement on left and right turns, is an example of an intersection where there is scant safety justification for the use of the cameras.  The table below shows the number of accidents the police attributed to red light running (northbound rolling right, westbound left turn).

Rearenders Way Up
 
The table also shows the number of accidents the police coded as "rear end" - which rose after the cameras were installed.  (Were we to "cherry pick" the data and leave out the 1995 and 1996 rearenders, the with-camera increase in rearenders would be 154%.  Otherwise - including the data from 1995 and 1996 - the increase was 81%.)



Rosecrans / Hindry
CVC 21453(a) or (c) Accidents
(northbound rolling right or westbound left)
Rearenders
(all directions)



1995
0
4
1996
0
4
1997
0
0
1998
0
1
1999
0
3
2000
0
1
2001
0
1
2002
0
2
2003
0
2
2004
0
0
2005
0
1
2006
0
2
2007
0
5
2008
0
7
2009
0
6
2010
0
3
2011
0
5
2012


2013


Source Documents for Table

See also Defect # 9 on the Home page, and FAQ # 27.


Ticketing, 3-month intervals, Rosecrans /
                  Hindry, Hawthorne, California


The too short yellow (3.0 secs.) is the main reason why there are so many left turn tickets at Rosecrans/Hindry.  The location of the limit line and the narrowness of the lanes may be partly to blame.

Official Striping Plan
Video of Cars Lining Up and Turning

Google and Bing Photos of Intersection

Rosecrans/Hindry in Hawthorne CA aerial
Bing's photo of Rosecrans/Hindry before 2012 remodel


Rosecrans/Hindry in Hawthorne CA aerial
Google's photo of Rosecrans/Hindry before 2012 remodel



Rosecrans/Hindry in Hawthorne, after 2012 remodel,
              by Apple
Apple's photo of Rosecrans/Hindry after 2012 remodel (Apple blurred the cars)


Rosecrans/Hindry in Hawthorne, July 2013
highwayrobbery.net's photo of Rosecrans/Hindry after 2012 remodel, looking south (photo taken July 2013)


Sepulveda at 30th in Manhattan Beach aerial
Google photo of similar intersection, Sepulveda at 30th in Manhattan Beach



Hawthorne Docs Set # 6
Snitch Ticket


Here's an example of a Hawthorne
Snitch Ticket, a.k.a. "Nomination"




Hawthorne Docs Set # 7
Read about Evicted Former Mayor Brown, Crooked Former Mayor Juarez, Crooked Former Mayor Guidi, and Crooked Former Councilmember Velez


In 2014 Hawthorne Mayor Chris Brown's landlord evicted him for not paying rent, and in early 2015 his new landlord was in the process of evicting him.  Daily Breeze article  (As of Nov. 2015 Brown no longer was the mayor.)

In Oct. 2012 the Grand Jury indicted Mayor Daniel Juarez on two felony counts of perjury, related to his acceptance of a $2000 cash "campaign donation" from a local firm which the City lent $2.5 million.  Then in Aug. 2013 he was indicted on four more counts of perjury, related to his deposit of a $2500 check from the AYSO into his personal checking account.  LA Times article
He chose not to run for re-election in Nov. 2013, and in May 2014 he pled guilty to one felony count. 
Daily Breeze article

Before Juarez, the longtime Mayor of Hawthorne was Larry Guidi.  GuidiWatch discussed the 2010 charging of Guidi for grand theft of a commercial dough mixer from his (now former) employer, the local school district.  Guidi chose to not run for re-election in Nov. 2011.  He pled guilty in Feb. 2012.

Before Guidi ran into trouble, his friend and fellow councilmember Louis Velez was indicted for felony conflict of interest in July 2007 and pled guilty in Feb. 2008.



Hawthorne Docs Set # 8
Trial Transcript

This Hindry-Rosecrans right-turn trial transcript shows how close a judge can come to convicting you - when it may not have been you - and also is an example of what may be improper arm-twisting by a judge.



Hawthorne Docs Set # 9
The Contract, Etc.

2003 Contract
2009 Contract
2012 Extension
2012 Extension, signed

The 2009 contract included, in its Exhibit D, an illegal "cost neutrality" clause.  (See Defect # 10 - B.)

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 signal amber timings at the photo enforced intersections are not set to the minimum requirements of Caltrans in California." (Exhibit D of Contract.)
The passage is open to two conflicting interpretations.
1.  The City is required to maintain yellows that are at least as long as the minimum specified by the CalTrans - but they can be longer.
2.  The City may not set yellows that are longer than the minimum.
 

The contract also says: 
"Definitions.  'Warning Period' means a period after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach..."  (Emphasis added.)  See Defect # 6.

The 2009 contract, with extensions, will expire in 2017.

On Mar. 13, 2012 the council voted to make the following amendments to the contract.

New Section 6.2 allows the City to cancel the program at any time, on 30 days notice.

Cost neutrality was replaced with an annual evaluation of the "financial feasibility" of the program.

The vote was 3 - 0, with English, Michelin and Juarez voting yes and Vargas and Valentine abstaining (the minutes do not explain why they abstained).

During the Mar. 13, 2012 council meeting there was this testimony by Hawthorne Police Captain Keith Kauffman (in late 2015 Kauffman was appointed to be Chief of Police in the City of Redondo Beach):

"The hope is that driving behavior is corrected, not just through that intersection but through the rest of the time you're driving here."  "You need to study accidents overall.  Some of the data that you don't have is accidents for their entirety in our city.  You know what, you're right, they're not going down.  I wish they were."
Beginning at 0:53:55 in the video of the meeting, available at CityofHawthorne.com

Unfortunately, the 2012 amendment did not include a reduction in the $2800 rent that had been agreed to in 2009, and as a result the City will be paying WAY too much during the 2012 - 2017 extension.  For example:  In March 2014 the City of Elk Grove, California approved a new contract which specified the following schedule of rents for their five RedFlex cameras.


From Exh. D of the Elk Grove Contract

  Hawthorne will pay 65% too much (compared to the Elk Grove price schedule) over the five years of the extension, $462,000 extra.  To cover that extra rent, the City will need to issue an extra 7700 tickets (the City's fine revenue averaged $60 for each ticket it issued, in 2013).
 
But there is a way out.
One of the 2012 amendments allows the City to cancel the program on short notice, giving the City the leverage to negotiate a better price.

To see how much other cities pay for their cameras, and how they negotiated, go to FAQ # 17.

As of March 2018
invoices showed that the City still was paying $2800 monthly for each camera, and as of March 2020 there was no document replacing or extending the contract which expired in March 2017.


Dec. 15, 2020:  Contract Extension Approved

  
2012 was the last time the cameras were
up for discussion on a Hawthorne council agenda.

The cameras were originally to be discussed during the Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020 council meeting, but it got put off at the last moment.
 
(During the Oct. 13 meeting the council
announced that the red light camera item was being "pulled"
(removed from the agenda) per a staff request.  Later the city clerk said it was
because they had heard from some "neighbors" (dunno if that means neighboring cities, or
neighboring residents, or local businesses) and staff wanted to provide more info to
the council. 
In early November the city manager told us it would be heard at a special
meeting on Dec. 15 - see details below).

The one-page
staff report prepared for the Oct. 13 meeting was "bare bones;"  it asked the council to approve paying RedFlex $240,000 - which is enough to cover one year's rent of the cameras.  The staff report contained no discussion of safety, or anything else.  

But even with nothing in the staff report, there was - and is - lots for the public to discuss, such as Hawthorne's primary moneymaker,
the Rosecrans/Hindry left turn with its short yellow (3.0 sec.).  (See
our letter and Jay Beeber's explanation
of why left turn yellows should be longer.) 

There's the lack of an accident history justifying the very heavy enforcement at Rosecrans/Hindry.   (See Set # 5, above.)

And there is Capt. Kauffman's admission - during a council meeting - that accidents aren't going down.  (Here in Set # 9, highlighted in red.)


The Nov. 3 election may have changed things in Hawthorne. There is one new
councilmember and one returning after being off the council for two years.  And, the proposed 50% increase (from 5% up to 7.5%) of the utility tax failed to pass, perhaps because it followed a Nov. 2017 3/4% increase in the City's sales tax.

  A new
agenda and staff report, including the potential amendment became available the Friday evening before the  Dec. 15 meeting.  
Our new letter

The council voted to extend the contract.

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Participating in council meetings:

The council meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month, and usually start at 6:00 pm.  The Oral Communications section - your chance to speak for up to three minutes - will be near the beginning of the meeting, right after presentations by local non-profit organizations.

As of the June 8, 2021 meeting - due to the pandemic - it still was not possible for the public to attend the meetings in person, but it was possible to comment by phone.  From an agenda:

   
"Members of the public who wish to participate in the meeting by making comments can participate by calling the city clerk no later than 4:30 pm on the date of the meeting and noting the item on which the member wants to speak by leaving a message at (310)  349-2915 and leaving your return phone number.  When oral communications commence, the public member will be called and placed on speakerphone.  In addition, you may offer your comments through email at pjimenez@cityofhawthorne.org.  Emails must be received prior to 4:30 pm on the day of the meeting and will be provided to the city council members before the meeting.  Also, emails received will be posted on the City website under City Clerk."


This list of contracts and amendments may not be up-to-date - there could be a contract or amendment later than the ones listed above.



Hawthorne Docs Set # 10
The Revenue


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



Hawthorne Docs Set # 11
Mickey Mouse Tickets - Mostly Left Turns

An official report showed that in 2014, 91% of the City's tickets were for turns, mostly left turns.



Hawthorne Docs Set # 12
More Coming


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



Details of some trials of Hawthorne tickets are at:  Hawthorne Chronology.


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