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Los Alamitos Documents

Some of Los Alamitos' 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.

Be sure to read the "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 6 on the Santa Ana Documents page.

Los Alamitos Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Total Violations, Notices Printed [4]

New 1-4-12, updated 5-16-13

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

Official reports, 2005 - 2011
More official reports, 2005 - 2011
Official reports, 2011 - 2012
Official reports, Winter 2012
Official reports, 2006 - 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.  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 was requested on:
[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]  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]  The report for this month was generated just a few days after the end of the month, so it is likely that not all tickets (for violations which occurred during the month) had been approved and counted by that time.
[10]  Annual totals, or projections based upon monthly data shown in table above, are by highwayrobbery.net.

Los Alamitos Docs Set # 2
"Late Time" Graphs

The City has been asked for 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.

Los Alamitos has, so far, refused to provide bar graphs.  They wrote:

"We are unable to provide this information because the City does not utilize or maintain the aforementioned statistics."

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

Los Alamitos Docs Set # 3
The Contract, Etc.

In July 2005 the City signed a contract with RedFlex. 
The original contract included an illegal "cost neutrality" clause (see Defect # 10 - B), whereby the city did not have to pay RedFlex the full rent if fines were insufficient to cover the cost.  On Nov. 4, 2007 the Orange County Register published an article which revealed that in January 2007 an Orange County Superior Court Commissioner dismissed a Los Alamitos ticket and "...issued an opinion opposing the agreements (the contract)."  After that court decision, the city revised its contract, eliminating cost neutrality but adding a clause allowing delayed payment for 90 days after new camera installations:

"Customer may pay, in arrears, the Fixed Fee for the first ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Warning Period to allow for collection by Customer of sufficient fines to pay the Fixed Fee."

2010 Contract

The city council approved a new five-year contract with RedFlex in September 2010. 

The 2010 contract does not include a "cost neutrality" clause.

The contract also says:  Definitions.  1.34  "Warning Period" means a period after the Installation Date of the first intersection approach, wherein only warning notices shall be issued, commencing within 3 days after the system has been installed.  (Emphasis added.)  See Defect # 6.

The City agreed to pay way too much - $4500 - for the monthly rent for each camera.  Over the term of the contract the City will pay at least $270,000 too much.  See FAQ # 17.

And, in Sept. 2012 RedFlex hit the City with a rate increase. 

This list of contracts and/or amendments was up-to-date as of May 16, 2013.

Los Alamitos Docs Set # 4
Info on City's Website

There is a little program info on the police department's website.
The links to it are in the upper right hand corner of the Traffic Bureau page.

Los Alamitos Docs Set # 5
More Coming

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

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