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City of Ventura Documents
(and Information)

Ventura, pop. 101,000, is on the coast 53 miles west of Los Angeles.

Contract up (5th time!) for renewal on Sept. 21, 2020. See Set # 2, below.

Some of Ventura's 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.

In 2022, 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.

In 2016 she 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 Nov. 2022.

If you have a ticket from the City of Ventura, please be sure to contact me.

Ventura Docs Set # 1
Ticket Counts

Violations Recorded/Processed and Citations Issued

New 11-22-04, updated 9-19-20

Cam #	BRJO	CATH	FOVI	JONB	MA10	MALE	MAMI	MIDE	MITG	TGDA	THSE	VIMO	VIOP [8]	VIRA	VITG	VITP -01	VITP -03	VIVA
	Bris- tol @ John- son [6]	Calif. @ Thom- pson [6] [7]	Foot- hill @ Vic- toria [6]	John- son @ North- bank [6]	Main @ 101 [6]	Main @ Lemon Grove [6]	Main @ Mills [6]	Mills @ Dean [6]	Mills @ Tele- graph [6]	Tele- graph @ Day [6]	Thom- pson @ Sea- ward [6]	Vic- toria @ Moon [6]	Vic- toria @ Olivas Park [6]	Vic- toria @ Rals- ton [6]	Vic- toria @ Tele- graph [6]	Vic- toria Sbd @ Tele- phone	Tele- phone Ebd @ Vic- toria	Vic- toria @ Valen- tine [6]				Monthly Payment from the Court (thousands) [10]	Total Notices Printed as % of Violations Recorded	Total Pro- cessed/ Issued [1]	Total Citations Issued/ Left Turn Citations Per CVC 21455.5(i) Annual Reports [11]
Jul01
Aug01
Sep01																								1253 526
Oct01						89 54	67 25	75 41			148 56		218 101	59 7	255 112	202 69		193 85						1306 550
Nov01									14 9															989 356
Dec01									26 17															1131 510
2001																								8212 3338
Jan02																								1043 555
Feb02
Mar02																								1304 648
Apr02									13 11															1134 421
May02
Jun02
Jul02																								1154 572
Aug02
Sep02																								1207 541
Oct02									12 5															1300 670
Nov02
Dec02
2002 [2]																								6814 (proj.)
Jan03																								953 445
Feb03
Mar03																								1100 469
Apr03																								937 367
May03
Jun03
Jul03																								1149 594
Aug03
Sep03																								989 485
Oct03	6		15	14		29	6	58	7	5	28	31	33	25	46	73	10	42						753 428
Nov03
Dec03
2003 [2]																								5576 (proj.)
Jan04																								925 414
Feb04
Mar04																								677 341
Apr04									11 8															1238 582
May04
Jun04
Jul04																								860 406
Aug04
Sep04																								1022 311
Oct04	4		9	5	97	14	13	20	6	5	30	14	37	13	52	61	36	13						698 429
Nov04
Dec04
2004 [2]																								4966 (proj.)
Jan05																								897 481
Feb05
Mar05																								911 495
Apr05									5 4															817 386
May05
Jun05
Jul05																								869 255
Aug05
Sep05																								962 339
Oct05									9 5															957 347
Nov05
Dec05
2005 [2]																								4606 (proj.)
Jan06																								852 398
Feb06
Mar06																								1058 480
Apr06									12 2															793 307
May06
Jun06
Jul06																								982 328
Aug06
Sep06																								903 359
Oct06									6 2															809 308
Nov06
Dec06
2006 [2]																								4360 (proj.)
Jan07		0 0																						836 429
Feb07		0 0																						725 409
Mar07		0 0																						774 352
Apr07		0 0							9 3															771 341
May07		0 0																						881 332
Jun07		0 0																						792 370
Jul07		0 0																						828 373
Aug07		64 0																						899 395
Sep07		72 18																						993 352
Oct07		76 40							331 1															1329 542
Nov07		60 38																						1797 458
Dec07		62 31																						1801 376
2007 [2]		334 127																					38%	12426 4729 [2]
Jan08	9 3	53 31	17 10	7 5	98 80	35 21	23 7	40 12	1130 32	9 6	29 14	71 40	12 5	54 13	81 52	46 21	66 57	53 23						1833 432
Feb08		68 32							1012 85															1660 416
Mar08		61 28							959 140															1761 619
Apr08		43 21							1028 145															1708 491
May08		0 0							909 149															1538 477
Jun08		0 0							602 119															1360 449
Jul08	15 0	565 215	19 4	15 12	64 41	60 25	12 4	52 8	814 121	14 4	48 24	64 35	40 6	52 21	59 26	46 13	48 26	64 28						2051 613
Aug08		713 270							865 113															2316 730
Sep08		459 192							781 170															1926 712
Oct08		463 228							744 178															1952 854
Nov08		515 268							602 131															1793 841
Dec08		573 273							709 140															1786 741
2008 [2]		3513 1558							10155 1523														34%	21684 7375 [2]
Jan09	16 4	480 284	15 7	6 3	41 27	45 38	15 6	36 19	504 94	8 4	16 13	58 28	26 13	7 3	35 18	48 41	37 27	62 29						1455 658
Feb09		389 207							274 88															1093 542
Mar09		454 187							323 101															1270 563
Apr09		513 170							327 69															1333 481
May09		496 186							281 92															1274 509
Jun09		467 158							272 66															1222 453
Jul09 [7]	3 1	152 56	14 8	13 8	55 31	38 18	20 5	53 22	320 95	6 1	22 7	46 28	13 8	27 12	23 5	19 11	55 39	53 20						931 375
Aug09		96 33							281 85															867 370
Sep09		88 24																						827 367
Oct09		56 18																						853 401
Nov09		69 17																						795 350
Dec09		80 26																						830 431
2009 [2]		3340 1366																					43%	12750 5500 [2]
Jan10		76 28																						689 325
Feb10		70 22																						699 365
Mar10		76 27																						844 426
Apr10		83 27																						837 388
May10		88 17																						909 382
Jun10		99 29																						783 336
Jul10		103 35																						794 360
Aug10		100 28																						873 411
Sep10		66 9																						805 347
Oct10		74 24																						762 375
Nov10	10 6	47 15	13 8	10 4	55 44	25 16	35 17	38 17	124 63	6 6	14 6	49 26	33 22	15 8	23 16	35 22	38 27	48 19						618 342
Dec10		72 24							205 74															666 337
2010 [2]		954 285																					47%	9279 4394 [2]
Jan11		73 21							247 105													$43		750 402
Feb11		62 13							234 66															683 317
Mar11		81 25							252 84															779 375
Apr11		95 29							25 85															786 366
May11		49 14							232 78															783 392
Jun11		68 26							252 91															786 381
Jul11		76 24							267 82													$38		815 348
Aug11		76 24							285 85															959 426
Sep11		64 14							242 113															814 424
Oct11	3 1	24 0	19 10	6 4	72 50	24 21	35 18	47 23	801 124	11 7	18 10	53 31	35 24	20 10	50 35	40 20	42 36	46 26						1346 450
Nov11		112 12							212 64															890 377
Dec11		148 38							35 21															848 417
2011 [2]		928 240							3084 998														46%	10239 4678 [2]
Cam #	BRJO	CATH	FOVI	JONB	MA10	MALE	MAMI	MIDE	MITG	TGDA	THSE	VIMO	VIOP [8]	VIRA	VITG	VITP -01	VITP -03	VIVA
Jan12	14 5	139 48	18 5	19 5	73 44	12 7	17 8	97 25	40 29	9 0	25 13	31 16	37 27	37 20	49 29	38 17	41 31	64 22						760 351
Feb12	11 7	183 66	54 4	19 8	53 35	30 17	35 10	81 31	66 34	9 2	25 14	24 13	32 15	40 17	43 22	36 22	36 33	47 18						824 368
Mar12	19 7	152 40	32 4	14 10	23 13	21 12	24 8	93 25	75 47	15 5	31 17	33 18	16 6	35 16	55 29	52 32	59 43	62 21						811 353
Apr12	22 6	173 35	26 4	27 12	0 0	25 17	39 8	91 21	77 40	12 2	32 22	31 11	21 7	45 16	39 15	37 20	38 23	72 22						807 281
May12	28 5	172 48	51 5	26 16	0 0	31 17	44 17	88 25	62 30	17 3	36 27	40 24	32 12	34 22	45 23	39 19	40 24	66 26						853 343
Jun12	17 7	203 32	6 1	19 10	0 0	27 13	45 13	99 33	57 30	6 2	61 38	44 20	26 15	43 17	39 21	41 19	51 33	79 22						863 326
Jul12	10 4	206 62	13 2	16 9	54 28	28 9	44 12	79 23	57 31	24 3	36 26	22 13	24 10	38 21	36 23	33 21	46 33	68 26						834 356
Aug12	16 3	180 54	18 4	17 9	78 45	36 19	35 14	98 19	58 33	12 4	43 27	45 19	21 9	46 27	51 21	38 24	67 48	80 33						939 412
Sep12	18 11	172 47	35 2	20 3	52 27	32 13	45 20	97 32	56 31	21 5	23 18	42 25	26 10	38 15	71 43	40 24	56 38	66 28						910 392
Oct12	24 11	179 51	6 4	36 15	48 26	37 25	39 18	91 29	82 37	11 4	35 21	31 15	36 21	43 22	30 18	60 41	63 41	55 17						906 416
Nov12	15 5	173 40	7 6	40 24	34 26	30 14	36 12	74 20	55 31	7 2	29 22	40 23	25 17	45 14	44 24	55 33	47 37	77 28						833 378
Dec12	12 8	159 42	6 3	29 18	32 23	15 4	51 19	83 28	44 26	9 0	36 28	31 14	28 11	44 24	37 20	36 20	46 38	59 20						757 346
2012 [2]	206 79	2091 565	272 44	282 139	447 267	324 167	454 159	1071 311	729 399	152 32	414 273	414 211	324 160	488 231	539 288	505 292	590 422	795 283					43%	10097 4322 [2]
Jan13		150 41																				$46		782 309
Feb13		155 61																						776 331
Mar13		172 76																						857 418
Apr13		171 69																						822 402
May13 [8]	11 6	179 65	7 3	13 4	65 38	16 10	29 8	79 44	65 36	5 1	21 16	35 19	25 14	45 23	34 15	62 49	38 21	74 39						803 411
Jun13 [8]	15 8	176 55	4 2	28 13	56 39	23 11	26 7	95 46	67 41	9 4	27 22	62 41	40 23	50 26	27 14	37 25	37 20	62 37						841 434
Jul13	16 4	195 50	3 1	17 7	59 42	47 29	35 9	102 40	70 43	12 4	32 23	54 33	29 14	42 14	9 6	46 36	34 16	76 28				$42		878 399
Aug13 [8]	12 0	200 63	13 3	21 11	127 82	45 21	35 7	100 52	87 48	15 4	51 37	61 39	31 11	43 21	25 12	48 35	70 47	73 34						1057 527
Sep13 [8]	16 6	179 43	6 2	14 7	136 67	59 23	40 7	91 46	71 42	13 4	42 31	73 41	18 11	50 20	102 57	65 58	53 39	61 22						1089 526
Oct13	17 8	160 40	6 2	14 4	162 120	44 23	45 8	94 40	96 69	10 4	36 24	87 52	31 13	65 20	72 40	41 30	85 70	55 17						1120 584
Nov13 [8]	15 7	141 32	6 2	20 12	130 100	36 21	40 11	74 34	77 33	10 2	28 21	70 43	20 13	43 19	85 43	46 42	58 43	82 41						981 529
Dec13 [8]	11 1	108 17	2 0	15 7	150 117	36 13	46 8	100 50	68 36	8 0	41 21	66 40	0 0	46 15	80 37	48 40	59 46	62 29						946 477
2013 [1]	179 64	1986 612	78 20	199 93	1043 721	418 199	436 110	1068 477	864 485	132 38	429 288	642 371	296 145	562 233	633 314	550 407	621 433	816 337					49%	10952 5347	4820 1346
Jan14		143 41											0 0									$58		948 510
Feb14		159 35											16 4									$57		918 455
Mar14	17 2	237 58	5 0	28 5	134 91	25 12	35 5	97 44	93 50	7 3	78 46	87 37	6 2	31 12	88 49	61 51	65 46	78 37				$57		1172 550
Apr14		200 53																						1158 564
May14		193 67																						1145 564
Jun14		202 62																						1052 548
Jul14		194 59																						1045 528
Aug14	17 9	205 60	3 0	24 16	163 116	43 22	44 4	126 66	81 42	15 4	51 38	96 57	28 12	60 20	50 24	64 48	71 45	81 35						1222 617
Sep14		113 26																						1135 542
Oct14		146 47																						1174 520
Nov14		185 50																						927 444
Dec14		200 35																						1021 432
2014 [1]	229 77	2177 593	55 3	249 117	1712 1204	469 204	548 64	1161 578	969 558	82 25	616 410	1013 524	217 93	543 186	874 400	576 431	651 450	873 357					46%	12924 6274	5711 3049
Jan15	13 5	217 63	4 0	24 18	77 58	35 19	34 10	104 56	77 52	6 3	39 30	86 47	12 5	28 12	99 48	35 27	58 49	77 42				$47		1025 544
Feb15	15 5	181 57	17 0	27 16	68 51	44 31	40 19	87 35	63 49	11 6	35 20	69 34	17 10	48 21	72 44	46 35	55 43	69 29						964 505
Mar15	16 9	217 79	6 2	12 10	76 54	39 22	25 11	76 39	76 40	14 9	31 21	64 35	17 7	39 18	84 45	30 25	49 37	60 27						931 490
Apr15	10 10	223 85	10 0	14 7	122 84	37 18	28 7	79 46	62 34	14 9	23 14	69 47	13 8	41 20	59 27	32 23	81 64	58 25						975 528
May15	17 11	216 86	10 3	22 12	126 85	32 20	28 6	96 55	69 39	11 6	36 20	56 27	15 8	42 17	63 29	25 19	55 39	39 24						958 506
Jun15	14 8	246 127	6 3	10 6	158 115	38 21	28 5	90 57	70 43	10 5	34 27	52 24	25 16	45 18	45 28	17 12	52 29	21 9						961 553
Jul15	15 8	253 103	10 7	19 9	163 117	44 23	23 7	83 55	84 40	9 5	34 27	54 30	24 13	46 23	42 19	12 9	45 24	29 12				$54		989 531
Aug15	17 9	241 92	2 1	17 11	174 112	48 25	45 8	93 55	76 33	17 7	68 49	63 32	35 19	59 20	85 48	24 13	79 46	30 12						1173 592
Sep15	23 13	213 79	5 4	17 10	162 89	51 25	32 9	114 63	101 66	16 10	56 29	70 31	24 10	45 14	94 51	33 19	64 41	38 16						1158 579
Oct15	26 10	244 123	4 1	29 15	151 113	49 32	28 21	114 73	105 67	16 11	55 35	67 30	31 15	56 23	92 49	51 32	60 36	33 14				$58		1211 700
Nov15	13 8	257 122	15 9	36 24	155 122	38 25	14 5	94 59	95 67	17 14	39 30	57 25	27 15	49 27	56 35	61 40	69 55	51 18						1143 700
Dec15	13 9	252 119	7 6	24 13	130 107	35 17	45 26	95 56	81 61	8 3	55 37	57 21	18 8	44 26	42 25	68 42	74 55	52 23						1100 654
2015 [2]	192 105	2760 1135	96 36	251 151	1562 1107	490 278	370 134	1125 649	959 591	149 88	505 339	764 383	258 134	542 239	833 448	434 296	741 518	557 251					55%	12588 6882	6219 1998
Jan16	22 14	199 68	8 5	28 13	75 57	46 35	31 13	86 50	83 54	7 3	34 26	60 30	24 13	35 21	84 61	60 35	51 27	38 14				$66		971 539
Feb16	18 7	249 112	11 8	29 14	154 114	43 25	20 13	71 40	88 50	10 4	32 15	73 44	20 11	48 33	73 41	74 46	61 42	75 27						1149 646
Mar16	35 20	237 105	8 6	23 17	161 102	54 35	26 16	115 72	66 41	12 7	45 27	69 46	21 11	55 33	78 55	58 38	76 54	57 19						1196 704
Apr16	11 8	256 102	12 6	29 17	164 101	45 31	38 23	77 38	87 54	5 1	48 28	77 51	25 14	59 28	101 62	63 37	69 38	38 16				$66		1204 655
May16	23 18	244 110	13 7	27 11	158 109	36 23	25 11	93 57	103 71	15 4	52 25	80 48	30 13	37 22	85 54	62 40	76 45	30 11						1189 679
Jun16	24 16	252 98	10 5	23 13	239 158	88 33	36 18	91 42	79 52	6 1	56 34	64 40	34 19	54 31	52 35	55 28	99 52	49 27						1311 702
Jul16	24 13	324 153	10 7	36 16	218 123	85 36	37 20	86 41	94 58	14 3	57 31	57 35	39 23	37 12	51 33	71 34	211 115	46 19						1497 772
Aug16	19 16	272 110	7 5	40 25	223 136	68 37	43 26	93 56	105 61	13 7	90 57	78 49	45 30	61 24	84 59	80 42	230 120	68 30						1619 890
Sep16	28 16	290 128	8 5	34 25	186 115	84 47	43 27	81 42	108 54	10 7	60 35	55 37	28 14	52 14	81 44	85 59	248 154	74 28						1555 851
Oct16	29 21	285 118	14 8	36 22	193 129	64 34	39 26	87 51	135 74	20 10	26 15	56 32	35 21	46 17	109 54	70 36	184 120	66 18				$79		1494 806
Nov16	18 7	256 112	10 6	23 11	185 128	65 34	38 22	84 46	105 61	10 6	39 23	68 36	34 20	42 24	92 53	66 40	204 133	54 20				$68		1393 782
Dec16	22 16	241 94	12 9	38 19	156 107	61 33	37 23	99 60	65 42	7 5	44 24	46 29	43 27	28 13	48 31	44 33	177 113	59 31						1227 709
2016 [2]	273 172	3105 1310	123 77	366 203	2112 1379	739 403	413 238	1063 595	1118 672	129 58	583 340	783 477	378 216	554 272	938 582	788 468	1686 1013	654 260					55%	15805 8735	7924 4415
Cam #	BRJO	CATH	FOVI	JONB	MA10	MALE	MAMI	MIDE	MITG	TGDA	THSE	VIMO	VIOP	VIRA	VITG	VITP -01	VITP -03	VIVA	[9]	[9]	[9]
Jan17	20 11	239 90	9 3	34 18	139 97	39 17	29 19	59 28	80 50	11 4	33 20	55 37	33 19	24 12	92 60	60 36	131 93	39 14				$82		1126 628
Feb17	14 10	211 99	9 6	35 16	154 109	30 17	37 26	56 28	72 44	11 2	29 18	60 33	24 11	31 14	68 44	90 59	170 98	56 20						1157 654
Mar17	37 24	299 109	17 7	32 20	212 131	68 38	35 18	59 41	110 62	13 6	41 26	54 37	42 31	30 14	67 45	69 42	213 135	47 21						1445 807
Apr17	25 18	318 141	6 2	35 23	219 146	52 30	39 25	73 46	102 66	11 3	38 22	58 42	38 27	25 11	70 23	52 37	187 126	60 32				$73		1408 821
May17	26 16	226 115	8 7	12 8	216 147	59 39	32 12	57 34	113 64	14 6	40 26	38 24	31 23	16 7	39 20	75 46	76 44	41 14						1119 652
Jun17	22 16	305 141	8 8	31 20	199 137	48 20	31 23	77 41	78 51	16 3	57 32	84 55	46 26	64 35	67 43	39 26	218 119	50 23						1440 819
Jul17	29 17	325 148	12 9	36 24	201 111	61 36	36 20	53 29	80 40	13 8	47 25	83 51	40 27	47 21	68 41	32 17	161 81	55 20				$82		1379 725
Aug17	27 19	341 141	12 10	41 26	236 162	59 36	54 34	91 47	91 41	15 8	72 43	93 67	51 31	63 28	110 67	82 47	225 145	52 23						1715 975
Sep17	29 19	294 117	13 5	31 19	165 115	48 38	46 32	94 56	57 31	19 8	122 84	88 50	51 34	58 23	124 73	57 38	244 168	50 22						1590 932
Oct17	28 22	297 137	9 5	33 16	201 134	39 27	44 25	81 46	105 53	20 9	92 57	80 54	66 36	67 30	97 60	81 51	231 171	53 23				$97		1624 956
Nov17	22 7	157 60	8 5	43 25	166 116	52 32	42 18	96 43	117 60	8 5	127 88	76 53	64 36	45 21	79 41	56 35	220 162	52 13						1430 820
Dec17	38 17	265 98	6 5	32 21	190 136	54 36	50 27	96 54	92 54	16 12	126 78	53 27	42 24	44 17	98 53	93 57	135 85	46 14						1476 815
2017 [2]	317 196	3277 1396	117 72	395 236	2298 1541	609 366	475 279	892 493	1097 616	167 74	824 519	822 530	529 325	514 233	979 570	786 491	2211 1427	601 239					57%	16909 9604	8983 5362
Jan18	33 18	235 95	14 10	29 19	149 92	56 24	44 25	95 50	88 55	17 7	124 75	40 23	38 17	30 14	216 124	94 46	79 50	41 15				$88		1422 759
Feb18	26 16	312 135	18 11	32 22	187 123	44 26	42 26	95 53	102 54	22 12	127 83	47 30	34 21	33 18	162 107	101 65	90 63	56 24				$82		1530 889
Mar18	39 22	293 170	14 12	38 24	175 120	61 44	41 29	80 60	78 58	22 10	109 72	49 35	33 19	37 18	210 150	148 99	275 201	64 36				$100		1766 1179
Apr18	35 24	385 182	19 14	32 23	199 132	68 47	42 30	112 65	93 56	21 14	53 32	47 31	35 21	43 22	214 125	229 166	201 133	62 21				$118		1890 1138
May18	46 29	383 214	7 4	34 26	195 126	64 47	44 27	126 84	103 71	20 14	40 32	44 35	58 34	47 24	206 142	196 143	143 100	57 33						1813 1185
Jun18	39 31	289 190	15 11	37 27	156 115	56 33	45 24	107 63	73 50	18 12	57 47	40 28	55 30	34 18	144 105	160 119	143 90	51 27						1519 1020
Jul18	30 20	129 87	21 14	24 18	237 152	58 37	38 26	92 57	78 53	10 6	56 36	38 28	49 34	46 23	145 91	139 111	151 96	56 29				$166(?)		1397 918
Aug18	27 16	139 90	6 4	28 16	221 147	73 50	62 32	127 82	112 81	24 15	76 57	46 34	80 59	59 28	171 120	211 152	221 173	58 31						1741 1187
Sep18	20 9	121 77	24 16	20 13	177 105	74 52	41 26	93 59	109 70	14 10	51 33	42 30	58 42	45 18	211 150	193 128	199 143	64 25						1556 1006
Oct18	41 23	161 97	19 11	26 17	205 120	2 1	58 36	98 61	97 67	23 11	40 30	23 18	64 40	34 17	235 169	229 163	206 152	81 37						1642 1070
Nov18	29 16	98 60	9 6	15 9	202 135	58 27	55 34	92 51	87 56	12 8	46 31	0 0	52 33	61 22	195 140	208 147	191 135	48 26						1458 936
Dec18	33 21	110 56	24 13	28 19	212 131	72 46	62 33	110 68	96 63	16 8	51 37	0 0	49 36	43 19	178 122	138 84	179 131	48 26						1449 913
2018 [2]	398 245	2655 1453	190 126	343 233	2315 1498	686 434	574 348	1227 753	1116 734	219 127	830 565	416 292	605 386	512 241	2287 1545	2046 1423	2078 1467	686 330	WATCH OUT				64%	19183 12200	10805 7087
Jan19		94 44																						1266 868
Feb19		98 52																						1190 785
Mar19		169 101																						1603 1035
Apr19		154 79																						1433 909
May19		152 90																						1396 934
Jun19		131 71																						1186 731
Jul19	34 15	187 61	31 8	0 0	42 20	61 31	33 9	0 0	48 30	0 0	54 38	52 33	70 33	60 21	158 86	124 86	123 58	60 21						1137 530
Aug19		162 86																						1256 777
Sep19	0 0	131 70	19 12	0 0	12 7	48 35	36 16	7 5	0 0	0 0	52 36	62 42	90 54	39 18	299 195	168 117	168 114	60 28						1191 749
Oct19	6 1	191 94	17 10	14 10	152 91	47 32	36 16	58 32	0 0	4 3	67 44	69 43	65 49	53 16	282 183	166 116	190 127	66 17						1483 884
Nov19		157 83																						1357 798
Dec19 (calc.) [12]		110 55																						1301 844
2019 [1]	294 193	1736 886	210 111	200 141	1527 1017	612 431	450 240	632 368	674 438	134 79	580 386	456 303	817 565	552 242	2543 1740	1869 1268	1820 1165	693 271	WATCH OUT				62%	15799 9844	8083 5678
Jan20		119 61																					62%	1239 766
Feb20		169 76																					58%	1398 814
Mar20		97 39																					51%	878 451
Apr20	25 14	68 31	12 9	25 18	65 35	35 26	9 2	39 30	48 31	12 9	16 12	28 17	14 11	16 5	10 9	26 12	24 15	43 13					58%	515 299
May20
Jun20
2020
Cam #	BRJO	CATH	FOVI	JONB	MA10	MALE	MAMI	MIDE	MITG	TGDA	THSE	VIMO	VIOP	VIRA	VITG	VITP -01	VITP -03	VIVA	[9]	[9]	[9]
	Bris- tol @ John- son [6] [9]	Calif. @ Thom- pson [6] [7]	Foot- hill @ Vic- toria [6]	John- son @ North- bank [6]	Main @ 101 [6]	Main @ Lemon Grove [6]	Main @ Mills [6]	Mills @ Dean [6]	Mills @ Tele- graph [6]	Tele- graph @ Day [6] [9]	Thom- pson @ Sea- ward [6]	Vic- toria @ Moon [6]	Vic- toria @ Olivas Park [6] [8]	Vic- toria @ Rals- ton [6]	Vic- toria @ Tele- graph [6]	Vic- toria Sbd @ Tele- phone [6]	Tele- phone Ebd @ Vic- toria	Vic- toria @ Valen- tine [6]	Wells and Darling [9]			Monthly Payment from the Court (thousands) [10]	Total Notices Printed as % of Violations Recorded	Total Pro- cessed/ Issued [1]	Total Citations Issued/ Left Turn Citations Per CVC 21455.5(i) Annual Reports [11]

Ventura Docs Set # 2
Ventura's Contract with RedFlex
Ventura Once Owed RedFlex $2.7 Million

In Chronological Order

Former Contract, 2002

Ventura's former main contract of 2006 (staff report) with RedFlex was signed in May 2006 and included an illegal Cost Neutrality clause, whereby the city did not have to pay RedFlex the full monthly rent (the so-called "fixed fee") if the fine revenue wasn't sufficient to cover the cost. See Subsection B. of Defect # 10.

The 2006 contract did not require Ventura to ticket rolling rights, and the City chose - correctly - to give it very little emphasis. Because of the resulting low fine revenue (combined with the cost neutral terms), by late 2008 Ventura had paid RedFlex $1.7 million less than the cumulative "fixed fee." See the clause and the invoices here.

In Nov. 2008 the contract was amended to penalize the City should it choose not to enforce right-hand turn violations:

"5. Cost neutrality is guaranteed except as follows:

[If] The city fails to enforce right turn violations (from automated red light violations), in good faith and due diligence, if and when systems are configured for this purpose as mutually agreed between Redflex and the City."

In Jan. 2009 senior VPD personnel told me that the City's position was that it did not owe RedFlex the $1.7 million.

Invoices and other documents covering March 2013 showed that in that sample month the City received $36,865 in fines from the court, kept $20,472 to cover its "Customer Operating Costs" (per Exh. D of the contract) and paid the remaining $16,392 to RedFlex, which had billed the City $37,908 (18 cameras at $2106 each).

The one-third increase in ticketing which began in Aug. 2013 put more tickets "in the pipeline," thus gradually increased the City's monthly fine revenue to the point where the City was able to pay more to RedFlex. Invoices and other documents received in early 2014 showed that RedFlex was paid $37,111 for its services during the month of Jan. 2014, more than double what the company was paid the previous March, and much closer to the $39,424 the company began billing the City each month after a May 2013 price increase.

Despite the increase in ticketing, by Summer 2014 the City owed RedFlex an additional $1 million, for a grand total of $2.7 million.

2015: Up To Seven More Years - With a Quota?

The term of the 2008 (amended) contract ended/expired in Nov. 2013, after which it was allowed to continue on a month-to-month basis.

At a Sept. 2014 meeting the council was presented with a staff recommendation to extend the program for up to seven years, the last four of which would come from two automatic two-year extensions. The proposed new contract would have continued Cost Neutrality and kept the rent at $2190 per camera per month. It provided that RedFlex would write off $1.7 million of the $2.7 million debt.

The vote to accept the staff recommendation was a 3 - 3 tie (Ayes: Tracy, Monahan and Nasarenko, with Morehouse absent). After that, the council unanimously adopted a new motion which was to continue the month-to-month extensions of the old contract to allow staff some time to gather more information and prepare a new report.

Post-meeting Article

Up To Seven Year Contract OK'd at March 30, 2015 Council Meeting, with More Cameras - and a Quota?

Staff Report, Powerpoint Slides, and Draft Contract
Safer Streets LA Report
Letters by highwayrobbery.net
Contract as signed 4-2-15

At the March 30 meeting the council voted 6 - 1 (Nay: Heitmann) to accept a revised contract. The monthly rent remained the same ($2190 per camera), but the two two-year renewals were changed from automatic to optional.

Based upon the rent other cities pay - see FAQ # 17 - Ventura should not have agreed to pay more than $1500 per camera, or $27,000 per month for all 18 cameras.
Because it agreed to continue to pay $2190 for another seven years, the City will overpay by $1 million and will need to issue an extra 10,000 tickets to cover the overpayment.

The president of RedFlex was present at the meeting, and spoke.
The $2.7 million cost neutrality debt was fully forgiven (saving $1 million over the deal presented at the Sept. 2014 meeting) and replaced with a novel cost neutrality clause (Bakersfield and Citrus Heights have similar clauses) under which the term of the contract term will be extended one day for each $1314 the fine revenue falls short of paying RedFlex the full monthly rent of $39,424. (If this new quota-like clause were to be applied to the now-forgiven debt of $2.7 million, the extension would be 2055 days or 5.6 years.) Anticipating concerns about possible lengthy extensions, the staff report said:

"Redflex... will relocate three existing red light camera approaches..." and " ... once we move the 3 locations we anticipate revenue to increase and therefore the [potential] extension to decrease."

Here is a survey RedFlex did, to look at potential ticketing at possible new locations.

From 5-12-15 email RedFlex sent to City, obtained 12-19-16. The cut-off bottom is as received from the City.

The March 30 staff report also included this deceptive table.

Image from pg. 4 of staff report prepared for 3-30-15 Ventura council meeting

The claimed reduction of accidents (down 75%), including a large change between 2006 and 2007, may be explained by this response staff made to questioning by Mayor Heitmann (at 3:20:20 on the video):

"The way the police department reports collisions now is vastly different than we did when we started this program. Now we only report - correct me if I'm wrong - now we only report injury or major property damage collisions. That's different. Our total collision numbers are down quite a bit because the reporting is different."

The new contract approved in 2015 did not include a Termination for Convenience ("escape") clause, so the City is locked in to the contract until it expires.

In Feb. 2017 the City agreed to extend the contract expiration date by 39 days (to May 2018) after a cost neutrality calculation showed that the City's payments to RedFlex had fallen $50,406.32 short of the amount billed.

In May 2018 the city council approved a two year extension, to 2020. The staff report included the same deceptive accident numbers that the staff presented to the council in 2015, except that they were displayed in the bar graph below instead of a table (shown above).

From staff report prepared for May 2018 Ventura council meeting

In Jan. 2020 we asked about the current cost neutrality status and the City replied:
"In response to the Cost Neutrality Reconciliation, the Cost Neutrality Reconciliation for FY 18-19 was completed and there are no outstanding balances. Because of this, no extensions need to be made to the existing agreement. We do not receive any documentation from RedFlex when the annual cost neutrality reconciliation results in no outstanding balances."

Sept. 21, 2020: 5th Try for Another Two-Year Extension

A staff report on the agenda for the May 18, 2020 city council meeting recommended another two-year extension, to 2022, and a number of motorists submitted written comments.
Four Letters in Opposition
The item was not heard on May 18th. Near the beginning of the meeting the mayor announced that it was being removed from that day's agenda and "continued" to a "date uncertain."
On June 3 the City Clerk's office told us that the item has been re-scheduled for the council meeting of July 13.

During the July 13 meeting (staff report) a number of Ventura residents spoke in opposition to the cameras. And six new opposition letters were submitted. After some
discussion the council asked staff to come back later with more info.

The new date was to be Aug. 3.
The staff report prepared for the Aug. 3 meeting was nearly identical to the one prepared for the July 13 meeting.
Early on Aug. 3 the City Clerk's office told us that the item was being removed from the Aug. 3 agenda and continued to a date uncertain.

The new date was to be Sept. 14.
The new staff report prepared for the Sept. 14 meeting no longer reported the dramatic reduction in traffic collisions claimed in the Aug. 3 report. It also revealed that the City refunded two tickets (out of 222) that were issued during a 2019 - 2020 period when the yellow light at Northbank and Johnson was set too short.
During the Sept. 14 meeting there was a problem with the sound during the red light camera item, so the mayor announced - during the meeting - that the contract renewal would be continued to the 28th, the next regular meeting. But on the afternoon of Sept. 17 they moved it up a week - they published an agenda calling a special meeting on
Monday, the 21st, where the cameras will be the sole subject. (The staff report is unchanged from the one prepared for Sept. 14.)

The pandemic restrictions on the size of public gatherings remain in effect, so it will be possible for you to address the council, live, from the comfort of your couch.

To see how much money the City has received from the Court, see Set # 7, below. The figures are also posted in a column in Set # 1, above.

This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date as of 9-17-20.

Ventura Docs Set # 3
Two ( ! ) Grand Jury Reports (2009 and 2013)

2009 Report Recommends Longer Yellows

In June 2009 the Ventura County Grand Jury issued a report recommending the the yellow at the California/Thompson intersection be lengthened.
The Calif./Thompson ticket counts for July 2009 onward (see table above) show a reduced ticket volume, which will make it more difficult for the City to pay off the debt it owes RedFlex.
See article (including link to the 2009 report).

2013 Grand Jury Report Questions Validity of Tickets from Cameras, Discusses Removal

Some excerpts from the report:

"Also, increased time for the yellow turn arrows and delayed green lights would help the confusion at the Corridor traffic signals. Further, the Grand Jury recommends that traffic planners initiate the process to complete the connection from westbound Hwy 126 to the southbound Hwy 101. If these recommendations are not implemented, red light cameras along the Corridor should be removed."

"The Grand Jury found that red light camera tickets issued along the Corridor may be questioned as to their validity due to driver confusion. While the red light camera tickets appear to be legal, they may not be ethically or morally justified."

"The intersection at Victoria and Telephone Road appears to be the major intersection on this route that highlights the traffic flow problems along the Corridor. The Grand Jury found that the left turn lanes at this intersection have created many red light camera tickets."

The City was required to respond, and that response was discussed at the July 15, 2013 council meeting.

If you would like to read some grand jury reports from other counties, about their red light cameras, see the Grand Jury entry in the Site Index.

Ventura Docs Set # 4
"Late Time" Bar Graphs

Until 2014, 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.

Jul. 2002: BRJO - MITG
Jul. 2002: TGDA - VIVA

Jul. 2010: BRJO - MITG
Jul. 2010: TGDA - VIVA

Jul. 2012: BRJO - MITG
Jul. 2012: TGDA - VIVA

In 2014 Ventura stated that the bar graphs are no longer available, but in May 2020 we repeated our request for them.

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

Ventura Docs Set # 5

Mickey Mouse Tickets - Mostly Left Turns

An official report showed that in 2018, 66% of the City's tickets were for left turns.

Ventura Docs Set # 6
No More Info on City's Website

When the program first started the City had a lot of information posted on its website. But by 2011 the information was no longer available online as the link had become dead.

VPD Web Page as of 2015, with Dead Link

Ventura Docs Set # 7
How Much $$$ They Get

In May 2016 we asked the Ventura County Superior Court how much red light camera fine money Oxnard and the City of Ventura were getting, during selected months. Here is the table they sent.
The figures from this table have also been posted in a column in Set # 1, above.

In March 2017 the City of Ventura sent us documents showing the revenue during selected months in 2014 and 2016.
Those figures have also been posted in a column in Set # 1, above.
In Aug. 2018 the City sent us more documents showing revenue and expense in 2018.
In Sept. 2018 the Court sent us documents showing the City's revenue in 2016 - 2018. We have asked them to double check the $165,544 figure they reported for July 2018, as it seems too high for the quantity of tickets issued.
Most of those figures have also been posted in a column in Set # 1, above.

Ventura 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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