California Bill Calling for Speed Cameras on PCH in Malibu Headed for Newsom’s Desk

The bill would authorize the installation of five speed-camera systems along a 21-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway in the Malibu area.

Candles and flowers are placed along along the Pacific Coast Highway, after a crash that killed four college students and injured two others, in Malibu, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2023. Richard Vogel/AP Photo

Ten months after four Pepperdine University students were fatally struck in a crash caused by an allegedly speeding driver on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in Malibu, a California bill calling for speed cameras in five locations along PCH cleared its final hurdle in the Legislature Friday and was headed for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.

Senate Bill 1297, authored by Sen. Ben Allen (D-El Segundo) and co-authored by Assemblyman Jacqui Irwin (D-Pacific Palisades) was approved by a 54–6 vote in the Assembly on Thursday before returning to the Senate on Friday, when it got final legislative approval in a 36-4 vote. Assemblywoman Laura Friedman (D-Burbank) and Sen. Henry Stern (D-Calabasas) also sponsored the measure.