The City and County of San Francisco has opted to not enforce the law if the curb isn't marked red. They proposed issuing $40 citations as opposed to citations over $100 for parking in a red zone.
This article also makes it clear that it's the crosswalk where the vehicle is approaching. The law doesn't apply if the crosswalk is behind the direction of traffic.
This article also makes it clear that it's the crosswalk where the vehicle is approaching. The law doesn't apply if the crosswalk is behind the direction of traffic.
After confronting a stiff outcry from residents and elected leaders, San Francisco’s transportation agency has scrapped plans to ticket motorists who park in unmarked “daylighting” zones near crosswalks, the agency’s director said Monday.
Previously, officials at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency intended to cite any driver who parks within 20 feet of a crosswalk — the safety buffer mandated by California’s new daylighting law — regardless of whether or not the curb is painted red. The law, which took effect Jan. 1, bars people from parking too close to a sidewalk, where they could obstruct other drivers’ views of pedestrians crossing the street.
