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SB-1292 • 2026

Enhanced curb management system.

Enhanced curb management system.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Richardson
Last action
2026-04-24
Official status
Set for hearing May 4.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific information about the exact locations where the systems can be used, such as 'smart loading zones' mentioned in the candidate explanation.

Enhanced Curb Management System

The bill allows specific cities to set up systems that take pictures of cars for parking enforcement and automated payments, with rules about how the images are used and shared.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows specific cities to create a system that takes photos of vehicles for enforcing parking rules or charging fees for parking spaces.
  • Requires these cities to make public policies explaining why they need this system and what it will do.
  • Makes sure that any images taken by the system are kept private and only used for parking enforcement or charging fees.
  • Needs participating cities to run a campaign telling people about the new rules before giving out tickets.
  • Requires cities to report back to the government on how well the system is working.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The City of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Inglewood, San Diego, and Long Beach can use this system.
  • People who park in these cities might get tickets if they break parking rules.
  • Local government officials will need to make new laws about how the system works.

Terms To Know

Enhanced Curb Management System
A system that uses cameras and other technology to take pictures of cars for enforcing parking rules or charging fees automatically.
Public Ordinance
A rule made by the city government that tells people what they can and cannot do in public spaces like streets and sidewalks.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to specific cities listed, not all cities.
  • It is unclear how many other cities might want to use this system after seeing its impact.
  • There are no details on what the fines or fees for parking violations will be.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-24 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 4.

  2. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.

  3. 2026-04-22 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  4. 2026-04-21 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 20).

  5. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

  6. 2026-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 20 in P., D.T., & C.P. pending receipt.

  7. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 14.

  8. 2026-03-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P., D.T., & C.P.

  9. 2026-02-23 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  10. 2026-02-23 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  11. 2026-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1292, as amended, Richardson.
Enhanced curb management system.
Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2030, a local agency, as defined, to install automated forward facing parking control devices on city-owned or district-owned parking enforcement vehicles for the purpose of taking photographs of parking violations occurring in bicycle lanes. Existing law requires a designated employee of a city, county, city and county, or a contracted law enforcement agency for a special transit district, who is qualified by the city and county or the district to issue parking citations, to review photographs for the purpose of determining whether a parking violation occurred in a bicycle lane and to issue a notice of violation to the registered owner of a vehicle within 15 calendar days, as specified. Existing law requires these photographic records to be confidential and makes these records available only to public agencies to enforce parking violations.
Existing law requires any local agency that implements this pilot program to report to specified committees of the Legislature on the system’s effectiveness and impact on traffic outcomes, among other things, by December 31, 2028.
This bill would
authorize a local agency, as defined,
authorize, until January 1, 2032, the City of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Inglewood, San Diego, or Long Beach, or the city parking enforcement authority within those cities,
to establish an enhanced curb management system (system) that records images of vehicles for the purpose of enforcing parking violations or automating parking payments if certain requirements are met. The bill would require the governing body of the
local agency
participating city
to adopt a public ordinance or resolution that would authorize the use of a system in specified locations, including, among others, passenger loading zones and
commercial
smart
loading zones. The bill would require a
local agency
participating city
that automates parking payments by charging vehicles a fee for access to outline the fee, and any adjusted rates, in an ordinance or resolution.
The bill would require the public ordinance or resolution to include an Enhanced Curb Management Use Policy
(policy) that sets forth the specific purpose of the system, among other things. The bill would require the policy to be made available for public review, as specified.
This bill would require the system to record images of the vehicle and license plate at the time of the violation, and requires, before mailing a notice of parking violation, that the image data be reviewed and approved by a peace officer or person authorized to enforce parking laws. The bill would require the notice of violation to be mailed to the registered owner of the vehicle within 15 calendar days, as specified. The bill would require the image data collected by the system and any identifying information to be confidential, and would require the image data to only be used for the purpose of processing parking violations and charging vehicles a fee for access.
This bill would require a
local agency
participating city
to observe a public information campaign for at least 60 days before issuing citations, as specified. The bill would require a
local agency to report periodically to the Legislature on the
system’s impact, as specified.
participating city to submit a report to its governing body and the transportation committees of the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require the governing body of the participating city to approve an Enhanced Curb Management Impact Report (report) after implementing a system and would require the report to include specified information, including, among other things, the locations where the system was deployed and data for these locations.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make
legislative findings to that effect.

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