Newsom-backed San Francisco speed camera program fines certain drivers more than others

San Francisco is launching a caller programme backed by Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom that volition contented speeding tickets based connected income.

The Speed Safety System Pilot Program was signed by Newsom successful October 2023 and allows cities crossed California to usage speeding cameras to good drivers. Those considered lower-income are eligible for a steep discount if they person a speeding ticket.

Violations for speeding scope from $50 to $500, but individuals with a household income astatine oregon beneath 200% of the national poorness level are eligible for a 50% discount, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Indigent persons, oregon individuals who are homeless, are eligible for an 80% discount connected the speeding ticket.

San Francisco officials launched the programme connected March 20 with a full of 33 speeding cameras astir the city, but lone astir fractional of them are operational.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks astatine a quality league astatine Chateau Marmont successful Los Angeles, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

For the archetypal 60 days of the aviator program, the cameras volition lone beryllium utilized to nonstop warnings to speeding drivers, and volition contented fines after. Violations commencement erstwhile an idiosyncratic drives their car much than 11 MPH implicit the velocity limit.

Speed cameras were placed successful areas that are "high injury," wherever 12% of streets wrong San Francisco relationship for 68% of terrible injuries oregon fatalities that are traffic-related.

A information expanse for the aviator programme states that speeding cameras were placed crossed the metropolis "in an equitable fashion."

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This representation shows the locations of wherever the velocity information cameras volition beryllium located passim San Francisco. (San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency)

"The programme is intended to payment each communities and not azygous retired immoderate peculiar neighborhood," the information expanse states.

San Francisco isn't the lone metropolis readying to rotation retired the aviator program.

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The Los Angeles Department of Transportation volition rotation retired a akin programme successful 2026 that targets speeding drivers, but has an enactment for low-income individuals to execute assemblage work alternatively of paying fines.

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Fox News Digital reached retired to Newsom's bureau and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency for comment.