They definitely missed the trend – which is to get out while the getting is good. Compton, Cupertino, El Monte, Fairfield, Fresno, Fullerton, Indian Wells, Irvine, Maywood, Montclair, Moreno Valley, Paramount, Redlands, Roseville, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Maria and Upland all have shut their camera systems. Loma Linda and San Carlos voted last week to let their contracts expire without renewal. (They had hoped to terminate the contracts immediately, but would have had to pay a big penalty for the privilege.)

Maybe SSF missed seeing the trend because its continuing debacles are a large part of the inspiration for the trend!

If I lived in SSF I would be upset to see my council OK’ing $250K to pay the courts for processing the refunds, “loaning” $1.7 million to the court to fund the refunds (supposed to come back to the City later on, but remember the borrower is a branch of a bankrupt state govt.), not even asking the camera vendor (ATS) for a refund of the 9 months of rent the City will have paid while the system was not producing tickets (9 months x $32K = $288K), and making the refunds to motorists who went to traffic school (est. $200K).