The Assembly Transportation Committee heard SB 1279 on June 22, a Long Beach-specific bill that would authorize the city to install speed safety cameras on Pacific Coast Highway.
According to the committee hearing summary, the item was held open after testimony. The hearing centered on traffic safety along PCH, with Long Beach officials and supporters arguing the corridor accounts for a disproportionate share of traffic deaths and that expected Olympics-related traffic would make enforcement more urgent.
The committee materials also say the bill would extend automated speed enforcement beyond the original AB 645 pilot cities, which already included Long Beach. In testimony, a Long Beach public works traffic engineer said the roadway is an especially busy stretch of the city, while supporters pointed to crash severity and the city’s population growth as reasons for adding cameras.
The excerpt does not show a final committee disposition, and it does not identify every speaker or quote the full crash statistics cited during the hearing.
