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Police roll out daylighting enforcement under new state law; council endorses phased approach
Summary
Seaside Police began painting curb-daylighting zones and educating drivers after a new law requiring 20-foot visibility zones at crosswalks took effect Jan. 1; chief asked council to support coordinated painting with Public Works, warning and targeted citations to improve pedestrian safety.
Police Chief Nick Borges briefed the City Council on March 20 about local implementation of a new state daylighting law that requires vehicles to be kept back from crosswalks to provide visibility at intersections.
Borges said the law went into effect Jan. 1 and explained its effect: vehicles must not park within 20 feet of a crosswalk so drivers and pedestrians can see one another. To increase compliance and avoid reliance solely on citations, the Seaside Police parking-enforcement and parking-team members have begun…
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