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Santa Ana, pop. 308,000, is 28 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Be sure to read the "Countywide Information," which is Docs Set # 6, below.

Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded (some months) and Citations Issued [4]

New 10-21-04, updated 4-1-13

	01EU 01	01FA 01	01GR 01	17BI 01	17BO 01	17TU 01	BRED 01	BRSE 01	DYPU 01	EU01 01	FA01 01	FAED 01	HAMF 01	HAWA 01	HAWE 01	NEHA 01	SAMA 01	SERA 01	TU17 01	WAHA 01	WEHA 01
	1st WB @ Euc- lid Thru Right	1st EB @ Fair- view Thru Right Left	1st WB @ Grand Thru Right	17th EB @ Bris- tol Thru Right	17th WB @ Broad- way Thru Right	17th WB @ Tus- tin	Brook- hurst NB @ Edin- ger Left	Bris- tol SB @ Seg- er- strom	Dyer WB @ Pull- man	Euc- lid SB @ 1st Thru Right	Fair- view SB @ 1st Thru Right Left	Fair- view NB @ Edin- ger Left	Har- bor NB @ Mc- fad- den Thru	Har- bor NB @ War- ner Thru Right	Har- bor NB @ West- min- ster/ 17th Thru Right Left	New- hope SB @ Haz- ard	Santa Ana WB @ Main	Seg- er- strom WB @ Raitt	Tus- tin SB @ 17th	War- ner WB @ Har- bor Thru Right	West- min- ster/ 17th WB @ Har- bor Thru Right Left							[3]	Total Cites Issued as % of Re- corded	Total Re- corded/ Issued [1]
May03
Jun03	?	?	?	?	?	?				?	?	?	?	?	?					?	?									?
Jul03	82 39	0	0	5	11	-	0	-	-	37	0	0	130	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								55%	402 222
Aug03	467 190	0	0	136	178	-	0	-	-	292	0	0	72	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								51%	1704 868
Sep03	384 201	0	0	107	170	-	0	-	-	247	0	0	88	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								48%	1704 813
Oct03	326 148	0	0	124	180	-	0	-	-	208	0	0	108	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								46%	1669 768
Nov03	224 137	0	175	129	157	-	0	-	-	157	0	0	67	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								52%	1581 822
Dec03	36 18	0	419	92	128	-	0	-	-	74	0	70	89	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								44%	2034 890
2003
Jan04	121 63	0	169	131	157	-	0	-	-	70	0	52	103	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								55%	1353 745
Feb04	131 95	0	237	121	137	-	0	-	-	77	0	33	108	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								61%	1320 808
Mar04	170 103	0	284	103	121	-	0	-	-	103	0	61	113	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								56%	1586 888
Apr04	184 106	89 44	280	96	107	-	0	-	-	110	65	50	61	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	0								59%	1550 919
May04	165 109	146 55	171	92	101	-	119	-	-	91	107	36	99	67		-	-	-	-	24 10	97								48%	2405 1154
Jun04	166 97	127 35	175	92	73	-	120	-	-	116	71	35	73	49		-	-	-	-	38 22	124								50%	2161 1082
Jul04	488 206	200 68	197	46	69	-	109	-	-	127	108	31	103	50	64	-	-	-	-	1134 231	107								40%	3815 1516
Aug04	454 226	324 152	207	84	88	-	97	-	-	115	96	42	72	68	89	-	-	-	-	2482 776	99								43%	5239 2271
Sep04	411 213	337 104	459 266	161 86	197 63	-	155 108	-	-	236 138	142 72	57 14	122 63	246 75	146 68	-	-	-	-	1984 569	181 83								40%	4834 1922
Oct04	319 174	280 158	446 339	183 120	199 74	-	130 98	-	-	250 161	153 68	47 8	260 91	217 52	181 82	-	-	-	-	896 363	198 102								50%	3759 1890
Nov04	154	179	265	121	88	-	52	-	-	86	55	11	70	17	31	-	-	-	-	147	84								54%	2509 1360
Dec04	223	150	284	118	156	-	15	-	-	120	78	20	86	17	74	-	-	-	-	86	75								67%	2257 1502
2003- 2004 (16 mos.) [5]	3822 1978	1235 482	4083 2628	3316 1454	3936 1748	-	743 568	-	-	3938 2045	897 531	1004 430	4472 2422	1113 314	464 227	-	-	-	-	5698 1697	1104 521								48%	35825 17045
2004 [11]																														16057
Jan05	199	161	258	141	124	-	149	-	-	110	77	21	83	38	92	-	-	-	-	280	98								74%	2470 1831
Feb05	176	93	245	98	128	-	189	-	-	104	69	23	81	88	101	-	-	-	-	230	90								62%	2777 1715
Mar05	171	74	275	73	87	-	158	-	-	106	65	46	81	87	83	-	-	-	-	271	111								56%	3005 1688
Apr05
May05
Jun05
Jul05	387 169	236 41	447 211		153 64	1421 284	327 146	0 0	0 0	367 129	63 24		111 69	233 81	185 57	0 0	0 0	386 201	224 78	641 201	246 99								34%	5427 1854
2005 [11]																														21264
Jan06	294 140	168 71	345 223		163 91	456 196	180 81	264 123	424 240	247 106	106 66		67 39	125 51	139 64	0 0	0 0	187 126	221 68	639 227	106 44								47%	4131 1956
Jul06	331 168	179 62	364 209		264 123	521 189	246 146	343 157	255 118	235 80	105 55		79 40	126 56	162 88	506 287	0 0	271 125	267 97	602 180	201 79								47%	5057 2259
2006 [11]																														25290
Jan07	227 132	132 51	238 127		148 86	278 109	105 42	257 159	158 114	153 72	33 18		58 32	75 19	107 49	182 77	0 0	169 83	183 57	0 0	46 10								49%	2549 1237
Jul07	281 157	183 41	243 134		117 64	262 97	159 98	178 106	179 114	185 73	46 27		66 30	109 69	92 41	143 51	322 53	207 72	174 75	372 127	27 11								43%	3345 1434
2007 (9 mos.) [7]	1678 1095	928 370	1782 1130	1038 625	1168 666	1366 759	1076 598	1838 1273	1580 987	830 522	271 135		388 191	633 358	666 312	1126 752	266 131	1304 697	979 572	1465 724	264 117								58%	20646 12014
2007 [11]																														15979
Jan08	171 94	149 67	226 129		145 92	242 110	95 52	377 208	185 135	146 67	39 14		40 14	128 60	67 25	170 74	66 31	138 79	192 74	304 117	37 11								50%	2917 1453
Jul08	158 84	127 17	181 74		127 66	228 70	109 68	359 211	225 149	123 58	37 17		249 93	124 48	41 20	212 77	69 20	149 82	151 60	313 63	26 8								43%	3008 1285
2008 [11]																														16428
Jan09	130 61	141 61	160 94		62 38	225 107	63 42	162 71	154 111	107 49	48 18		268 68	119 43	61 22	104 40	49 20	98 63	177 65	293 107	25 14								45%	2440 1094
Apr09 [8]																														2687 1186
Jul09	100 32	151 54	174 81		81 40	272 104	145 91	249 145	257 150	108 30	45 21		291 68	96 39	105 55	127 39	61 15	112 65	214 69	322 107	32 10								41%	2942 1215
Oct09 [8]																														2923 1462
2009 [11]																														14871
Jan10	99 46	144 59	178 110		84 47	223 115	76 39	218 120	152 90	97 45	45 12		260 75	127 52	42 19	84 42	51 15	113 23	157 46	312 127	23 10								44%	2485 1092
Apr10 [8]																														2683 1319
Jul10	104 50	131 44	172 101		102 58	233 105	79 41	294 190	162 105	85 38	36 22		298 65	96 47	73 30	140 56	52 15	186 116	151 56	255 92	38 20								47%	2687 1251
Oct10 [8]																														2863 1374
2010 [11]																														15108
Jan11	84 45	105 51	121 78		128 87	235 114	157 119	241 162	151 116	71 27	38 17		189 45	79 26	70 37	98 43	41 16	125 78	130 45	212 90	28 14								53%	2303 1210
Feb11 [8]																														2321 1180
Mar11 [8]																														2620 1346
Apr11	108 48	91 45	76 43	86 31	76 46	224 102	150 103	277 183	179 122	47 23	50 18	0 0	289 71	51 16	80 35	103 40	42 10	154 93	158 65	204 81	31 12								48%	2476 1187
May11 [8]																														2509 1180
Jun11 [8]																														2651 1292
Jul11	120 55	114 31	206 85		80 50	241 123	122 77	308 213	214 134	49 25	55 24		349 94	81 37	85 35	116 48	66 22	162 82	164 59	197 73	31 9								46%	2760 1276
Aug11 [8]																														2978 1426
Sep11 [8]																														2973 1370
Oct11	137 72	95 36	265 157	111 67	88 37	281 147	102 73	383 265	248 181	67 27	97 40	0 0	253 80	73 28	87 47	128 65	48 17	201 132	168 50	301 122	33 4								52%	3169 1647
Nov11 [8]																														2399 1407
Dec11 [8]																														2755 1469
2011 [11]																														15990
Jan12	119 68	106 47	274 155	100 27	99 59	243 150	110 80	319 208	279 221	83 32	80 25	0 0	45 32	66 29	31 17	131 62	35 15	197 109	145 51	240 88	30 14								55%	2732 1489
Feb12 [8]					229 126													503 178											51%	2942 1503
Mar12 [8]					196 97													549 153											43%	3336 1445
Apr12	93 37	122 67	278 133	0 0	215 93	232 99	145 95	329 249	284 212	64 29	89 34	0 0	155 77	98 53	107 45	129 67	33 15	551 183	141 52	227 98	37 21								50%	3329 1660
May12 [8]	133 44																	564 186											48%	3654 1753
Jun12 [8]	162 96																	604 222											46%	4217 1944
Jul12	192 105	111 43	340 160	0 0	209 102	302 187	159 115	329 259	327 188	63 36	107 43	0 0	158 70	67 43	95 44	151 69	43 20	960 310	161 69	236 64	45 26								48%	4055 1953
Aug12 [8]									392 211									647 233											49%	3751 1848
Sep12 [9]	189 105	110 52	354 194	0 0	201 130	232 147	175 119	384 262	354 262	70 38	66 36	0 0	121 59	100 62	115 58	138 68	58 31	527 220	129 55	251 76	53 16								55%	3627 1990
Oct12 [8]																														3880 2258
Nov12 [8]																														3411 1825
Dec12 [8]																														3491 1953
2012 [11]																														21261
Jan13 [8]																														3540 1897
Feb13 [8]																														3441 2055
Mar13 [8]																														4955 2267
Apr13 [8]			320 181			318 167		370 276	382 243									755 224												4345 2156
2013 [11]																														25125
	01EU 01	01FA 01	01GR 01	17BI 01	17BO 01	17TU 01	BRED 01	BRSE 01	DYPU 01	EU01 01	FA01 01	FAED 01	HAMF 01	HAWA 01	HAWE 01	NEHA 01	SAMA 01	SERA 01	TU17 01	WAHA 01	WEHA 01

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.

Official reports, 2005 - 2012 (big file)
Official reports, 2011 - 2012
Official reports, 2009 - 2013
Official reports, Mar & Apr 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.  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). Due to time limitations data may have been posted to the table only for selected months or locations.  If there is sufficient public interest, the remaining months or locations will be posted.  Full official data has been received and is available at one of the links given above.

[5]  Figures in this row cover June 1, 2003 to Oct. 1, 2004.
[6]  Each column represents one camera.
[7]  Figures in this row cover Jan. 1, 2007 to Sept. 25, 2007.
[8]  Intersection-by-intersection data for this month has been received, is available at the links above, but has not yet been fully posted, due to time limitations.
[9]  The official report for this month was produced a few days before the end of the month, so the number of Notices Printed indicated in the report is an estimated 20% lower than the number that eventually will be printed for the complete month.
[10]  Info requested on:
[11]  Annual totals, or annual projections based upon monthly data shown in table above, are by highwayrobbery.net.

Docs Set # 2
2008 - Two Appellate Cases Won!
2009 - Significant Trial Decision
2010 - Four More Appellate Cases Won!

The first appellant fought her ticket based upon a number of foundational objections, among
them that Vehicle Code Section 21455.5 says, in part:  "Prior to issuing citations under this section,
a local jurisdiction utilizing an automated traffic enforcement system shall commence
a program to issue only warning notices for 30 days."
For more details, and case documents, see People v. Anna V.

The second appellant also fought his ticket on the warning ticket issue, and won at appeal. 
See People v. Fischetti (2008).

In 2009 there was a trial decision on both the contract issue (Defect # 10-B) and the issue
of the required public announcement (30 days before the commencement of the program).
See People v. Lori A. & Murray

And four more in 2010!  (Mustapha, Romero, Khaled, Park)




Docs Set # 3
Traffic School

Santa Ana, Nov. 24, 2004 Trial Session:  No Traffic School After Trial
On Nov. 24 I attended the weekly Wednesday afternoon trial session in Div. C-46.
In the hallway before the trial session, the SAPD officers were willing to discuss
their ticket with any defendant who wished to do so.   Among the things they told
the defendants was that the judge didn't give traffic school to those who argued
their cases and lost.
The session was presided over by Commissioner Duane Thomas Neary.  One defendant,
before trying his case, asked Comm. Neary if he could still get traffic school
if he tried his case.  The commissioner replied, "Not very likely.  Unless you show me
some wonderful evidence during the trial, you're not going to be able to go to traffic school." 
Needless to say, that defendant and all but one of the others grabbed
 traffic school and did not try their cases.

(For highwayrobbery.net's opinion about traffic school, see the editorial on the Links page.)



Docs Set # 4
2002 Contract & Contract Renewals 2008, 2009, 2010

2002 Contract

In 2008 the city council extended their 2002 contract one year, to June 2009, at the same rent
they agreed to in 2002, $5370 per camera per month.  The 2008 council action also allowed the police
chief to extend the contract one more year.

2008 Extension
2009 Extension

Had the Santa Ana council negotiated a $2900 rent like that in Garden Grove's 2007 contract,
it could have saved $2470 per camera per month, or $1,126,320 for the nineteen cameras
over the 24 months of the two contract extensions.

2010 Amendment (unsigned) and Staff Report
2010 Amendment (signed)

In the 2010 Amendment the City agreed to pay $3900 per month for up to twenty existing cameras, for five more years.
At that price the City could pay $1,080,000 too much over the five years (when compared with a $3000 target price).  See FAQ # 17.

The contract contains no escape clause should a future city council wish to terminate the contract, or if the voters terminate the contract via initiative.  A complete contract will include a formula by which the cost of such a Termination for Convenience is to be calculated. For an example of such a formula, see Section 6.2 in Victorville's original contract (available on the Victorville Documents page).

Cost Neutrality Retained

In the 2010 Amendment there is the prominent use of the term "Fixed Fee"(twice in the first two paragraphs of the Compensation section), so a reader could be left with the impression that cost neutrality has been eliminated and the Contract is now in full conformity with Subsection 21455.5(g).  However, such conformity is not the case at all.  Rather, a more careful reading of the Contract and amendments reveals that in spite of the clear meaning and intent of Subsection 21455.5(g)(1), the City and RedFlex have entered into an arrangement where RedFlex' income is dependent upon, and can fluctuate with, the amount of City's revenue from tickets. The methodology of that arrangement is expressed in Paragraph 26(a) of the 2002 Contract, "Miscellaneous Provisions," which states:

"… based on a bi-annual review process to ensure received revenue provides for sufficient cost recovery, the City shall have the option to renegotiate the Compensation... if the City determines it is unable to recover its costs..."

A 2013 public records request, which asked for copies of any bi-annual reviews done between 2001 and 2013, got this answer:

"No documents responsive to your request."

Although there is no evidence that they are doing the bi-annual reviews, March 2013 invoices show a $20,672 credit described as "Concession for Performance." 

(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.)

Docs Set # 5
Dec. 2009:  City Blinks, Suspends Ticketing for 1-Month Warning Period

On Dec. 1, 2009 the OC Register published an article indicating that the City was suspending ticketing
 for a month, to bring itself into compliance with the requirement for a 1-month warning period. 
The article did not reveal whether tickets issued prior to the new warning period would be dismissed.
If you have a Santa Ana ticket, please be sure to contact the editor of this site.




Docs Set # 6
Countywide Information

The info in Set # 6 is applicable throughout Orange County.  But only in Orange County.

Revenue Down

Court-provided revenue reports show that beginning in late 2011, red light ticket revenue was down, sharply, in most OC cities. 
My Spreadsheet
Revenue in some cities was off by half.  But this doesn't mean that half of those ticketed still were paying their tickets.  It means that if 60% (a guess) were paying their tickets prior to the drop, after the drop it would be more like 30%.

Why was revenue down?  It could be that OC motorists thought they were in LA County, where in June 2011 it was revealed that paying is optional (because the LA County Superior Court does not report delinquent tickets to the DMV).

Source documents:
OC Court Official Revenue Reports, 2006 - 2011
OC Court Official Revenue Reports, 2011

Amnesty!

Do you have an OLD ticket that you've been meaning to pay?  In 2012 there was a statewide amnesty for pre-2009 tickets, of all kinds.  It was a flop, due to lack of publicity.  But the State still can use the money, so maybe they will do another amnesty  See the big box near the top of Section # 3, Handling Your Ticket, on the Your Ticket page.

Docs Set # 7
"Late Time" Graphs

The City has been asked for 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.

So far, the City has refused to provide the bar graphs.  Santa Ana has claimed, at various times:

"The City does not have access to that report."

"Your request seeks information that is not maintained by the City."

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

Docs Set # 8
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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