Gov. Gavin Newsom Enacts Bill Decriminalizing Most Jaywalking in California

Gov. Gavin Newsom Enacts Bill Decriminalizing Most Jaywalking in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks onstage during Vox Media's 2022 Code Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2022. Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media
Naveen Athrappully
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California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill decriminalizing jaywalking, in most cases.

Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2147 on Friday. Authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-Calif.), the bill is also called “The Freedom to Walk Act” and legalizes safe street crossings. “This bill would prohibit a peace officer, as defined, from stopping a pedestrian for specified traffic infractions unless a reasonably careful person would realize there is an immediate danger of collision with a moving vehicle or other device moving exclusively by human power,” the bill states.
Naveen Athrappully
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