California mandatory minimum fines?

[Pugilist]

California.

The fine for a red light camera ticket in California is a $100 base fine, plus various assessments and fees which bring it up to a total fine of approx. $500 (yes, five hundred).

A county near me has a number of judges handling red light camera tickets, and they all will knock $100 off the total fine for those who appear for arraignment. In my own county our judges will not reduce the fine - they say that they cannot, that the violation carries a mandatory minimum.

Is that true? If so, where does it appear, in the law?

 

[asiny]

A county near me has a number of judges handling red light camera tickets, and they all will knock $100 off the total fine for those who appear for arraignment. In my own county our judges will not reduce the fine - they say that they cannot, that the violation carries a mandatory minimum.

I've underlined the key points... A statute of one county, does not have to apply to another.

 

[CdwJava]

The minimum fine seems to be $100:

42001.15. Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation
of subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 21453, subdivision (c) of
Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of Section 21457 shall be punished
by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).​

Fees and assessments seem to put it at about $479. This neighboring county may be permitted to waive some of the county and court fees associated with the violation and that might be where the discount comes from.

 

[startedone]

pay the fine but not the fees? what a rip-off

 

[davew128]

My GF got a $450 ticket knocked down to $250 + traffic school in San Diego. YMMV.