Back in the 1980s, cops in LA wrote 40,000 jaywalking tickets a year. Now they write ZERO.

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Research:
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"AB 1238 Analysis: Pedestrian Access" Sforza, David. Assembly Committee on Transportation, 26 Apr. 2021

AB 1238 Bill Text. California Assembly, 20 Sep. 2021
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...

AB 1238 Veto Message from Governor Newsom. Office of the Governor, 8 Oct. 2021
https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/upl...

"Fatal Incident Involving Kurt Reinhold" Investigation Case S.A. 20-024, OSCD DR #20-03. Orange Count District Attorney, 7 Feb. 2022
https://orangecountyda.org/wp-content...

California Assembly Transportation Meeting. California Assembly, 28 Mar. 2022
https://www.assembly.ca.gov/media-arc...

AB 1909 Bill Text. California Assembly, 19 Sep 2022.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...

AB 2147 Bill Text. California Assembly, 03 Oct. 2022
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...

"State motor vehicle registrations, by years 1900-1995," Federal Highway Administration.
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/summary...

"Vehicle Code - VEH," California Legislative Information.
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/fa...

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News articles and Press Releases:
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"Jaywalking with 'no immediate danger' is now legal in California"
Shaheen, Perla. KGTV, 2 Jan. 2023.
https://www.10news.com/news/jaywalkin...

"Soon, Jaywalking Will No Longer Be a Crime in California" Oxenden, McKenna. The New York TImes, 26 Oct. 2022.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/26/us...

"Jaywalking to No Longer Be a Crime in California," Vargas, Vikki. NBC Los Angeles, 5 Oct. 2022.
   • Jaywalking to No Longer Be a Crime in...  

"Ting Proposes to Eliminate Jaywalking Tickets In California," Press Release, 25 Mar. 2021
https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/...

"Ting Reintroduces Proposal to Reform How Jaywalking Tickets Are Handed Out in California," Press Release, 16 Feb. 2022.
https://a19.asmdc.org/press-releases/...

"Ting’s Bill To Reform California’s Jaywalking Laws Heads To the Governor," Press Release, 25 Aug. 2022.

"Virginia becomes first state to decriminalize jaywalking"
Autry, Curt and Turner, Mikea, WWBT TV, 4 Mar. 2021
https://www.nbc12.com/video/2021/03/0...

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History:
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"Mishap Due to 'Jay' Driver"
The Kansas City Times, 21 Sep. 1905.

"Drastic Measure Imposes Many New Restrictions on Drivers and
Cuts the Speed Limit," The Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 1906.

"Many Citizens Are Reckless in Cross Streets: Motorists in Favor of
Regulating 'Jay Hawks,'" San Francisco Examiner, 7 Jan. 1917.

The Daily Times (Davenport, IA), 7 Apr. 1917

"Mr. Jay Driver, You Are Found Guilty!"
Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 1925

"Who Opposes the Jay-Walking Law Now? Nobody!"
The Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 1925

"In L.A., It Pays Not to Jaywalk," Freed, David.
The Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 1984

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Time sections:
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Introduction (0:00)
Jay-Drivers (0:51)
Model-T Invasion (2:21)
Jay-Hawk Laws (3:54)
Flashing "Don't Walk" (5:42)
Stop Light Trouble (6:48)
Enforcement Problems (8:37)
AB 1238: No Picnic (10:31)
AB 2147: No Crash (11:49)
Conclusion (13:33)