Recent content by CaliforniaBear

ironically, it's normally a very nice neighborhood ^^ some of the neighboring houses are mansions worth 2 million dollars (Los Angeles superinflated prices). we seem to get a few black sheep once a while. the new neighbor has been running an AirBnB and her guests seem to have troubles with the...

great idea. hadn't thought of that. thanks

thank you, that's useful to know, so if it keeps happening I know to phrase it as a courtesy request to the local station, for the responders to pay attention where they park when and if the emergency call permits it.

yes thank you all for your advice. I do have a motorcycle and I do try to have patience. however it has happened more than once and the last time another resident of the house, who is a medical practitioner and needed to leave to go to work, couldn't. this person left on foot and tried to find...

yes it actually happened to me, both with firemen paramedic and the sheriff. they always refused. the paramedic, for example, arrived at the same time as the ambulance. the ambulance took care of the patient and the firemen were leaving but taking a long time to do so, just hanging out in from...

I thought this was a legal forum. mine is a legal question.

no space to drive on the grass due to trees. otherwise it wouldn't be a problem

In CA, what are your rights with regard to emergency responders blocking your driveway? Now I understand that, in a real emergency, responders generally have a legal right to block my driveway. However, when the emergency is over, or when the "emergency" is not really an emergency, i.e. they...

Another question, please: if I find a traffic engineer who agrees with me, is there any way for me to bring a written declaration by the engineer in court to support my argument, without having to depose the engineer as expert witness on the stand?

Even if you disagree about the survey, I would appreciate if you could please answer a more technical legal question. Can I or should I refer to some of the cases tried in other courts, such as People vs Goulet, in support of the idea that the survey can be invalidated in court? Or should I just...

sure, but if the court finds the survey invalid, the officer immediately becomes an invalid witness, and the court loses jurisdiction. it's kind of like when the court finds the officer violated the 4th amendment and the whole case is thrown out of court even though the court knows the person...

There are crosswalks everywhere. Even if you take the position that the engineer referred to non-midblock xwalks, the engineer should have articulated why these particular xwalks warranted a reduction in speed. The engineer did not, and therefore a prima facie case is not established, with...

Thanks for taking the time to look! I'm confused to what (a) actually means. Are these crosswalks "midblock"? i.e. not at an intersection? EDIT: (a) applies to "at intersections" though. the survey talks about "midblock"

there are multiple streets intersecting Temple City blvd. Temple City blvd goes from north to south. The relevant section of the survey is for Temple City blvd starting from Las Tunas Dr. (the north intersection) all through multiple intersections with and without streelights, all the way south...

Sorry I misunderstood, because you said the problem was that I was cited for 22350, but the code clearly says that if the court finds the survey invalid, the ticket is dismissed regardless of what speed code was cited, so that comment was not relevant. So the main point is whether the court...