AB 382 school zone speed limits

At a glance

Based on auto-generated captions; names and details may be misheard.

What: state bill AB 382 sets a 20 mph limit on all streets within 500 feet of a school from January 2031. A commission subcommittee wants the city to comply early, beyond its existing 15 mph zones near 24 schools and preschools.
Where it stands: informational presentation on 10/14/2026 with general consensus to keep pursuing it; no vote. Next steps are talks with staff on cost, grants and branding, and a possible pitch in the spring capital improvement budget process.

Existing 2021 and 2022 council resolutions cover about 119 of 355 street segments (34 percent) within 500 feet of those schools and apply only when children are present; AB 382 has no time limit.
Roughly 306 new 20 mph signs were estimated for the preliminary option (as captioned); funding is the main obstacle.
Ideas: school zone wording or a bright reflective panel on signs (limited by the 2026 California MUTCD), road paint entering a school zone, staging the cost, and police citation data. Fines are set by the state.
Prepared by Rascoff, presented by chair Cole and Commissioner Medina; staff contacts are Maki and the city engineer.

About 24 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-14 - Complete Streets Commission	24

2026-10-14 - Complete Streets Commission — Subcommittee presentation on early compliance with AB 382, with commissioner feedback on signs and road paint; consensus to keep pursuing, no vote.