8/11/2009 California Judge Declares Red Light Camera Program Illegal and Void

 Superior Court judge declares red light camera tickets issued in Santa Ana, California to be illegal and void.

A California judge last week began throwing out red light camera citations issued in Santa Ana. Orange County Superior Court Commissioner Kenneth Schwartz declared the city's program void because it had ignored several provisions of state law. Local attorneys Mark D. Sutherland and R. Allen Baylis had challenged the city for its failure to provide the required thirty-day warning period before beginning the program and its use of a prohibited per-ticket "cost neutral" compensation scheme.  Read More...

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