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Carmel council reviews AB 413 daylighting results and debate over lowering downtown speeds; no study ordered
Summary
Police Chief reported early evidence that AB 413 daylighting has affected crash patterns downtown and recommended a traffic engineering study for speed limits and parking; council members and public offered competing views on safety, parking loss and enforcement, and the council asked staff for more data and enforcement rather than commissioning an immediate study.
The Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Chief updated the City Council on AB 413 daylighting implementation and the prospect of lowering downtown speed limits. The chief summarized collision data since daylighting began and described the law’s parking restrictions: "Daylighting...a person shall not stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle...20 feet from an approach of any marked or unmarked crosswalk or within 15 feet of any crosswalk where a curb extension is present," the chief said, reading the statute-language guidance included in the staff report.
The chief reported variable results in 2025 crash data, saying collisions remain concentrated on Ocean Avenue and increased on Mission at certain intersections; he cautioned the dataset is still small and the…
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