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Jaywalking will soon be legal in California.
The new law allows people to legally jaywalk or cross outside of an intersection, without being ticketed, as long as it's safe to do so. The law will take effect in January 2023.
Assembly member Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), who introduced the bill, says expensive tickets and unnecessary confrontations with law enforcement only impact certain communities.
Up until 2018, it was illegal for people to cross the street at a traffic light when the pedestrian countdown meter began flashing, according to press release released by Ting's office.