Antioch, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- General rule
- cross at right angles unless in crosswalk
- Business districts
- no crossing outside crosswalks at all
- Midblock crosswalks
- barred on blocks under 400 feet
- Pedestrian signals
- must obey over vehicle signals
- Violation
- infraction or misdemeanor, § 4-5.1601
Summary
Antioch requires pedestrians to cross at right angles to the curb, by the shortest route, except in a marked crosswalk, and bars crossing outside a crosswalk entirely within the Central Traffic District or any business district. Midblock crosswalks cannot be installed on any block under 400 feet long.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in the Central Traffic District or in any business district. ... No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a marked crosswalk.
Full Breakdown
1103 sets the citywide jaywalking standard: no pedestrian may cross a roadway anywhere other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a marked crosswalk. 1102, which bars crossing a roadway other than by a crosswalk at all, so jaywalking anywhere in downtown Antioch's business core is flatly prohibited rather than merely discouraged. 1101, but that same section caps midblock crosswalks: none can be installed on a block shorter than 400 feet, and where one is installed it must sit as near as practicable to the middle of the block.
1105 requires pedestrians to obey those signals over any vehicular signal. All of these sections date to Ordinance 317-C-S, passed June 10, 1976, and remain the operative pedestrian-crossing rules in the city today.
Violations & Fines
Crossing outside a crosswalk in the Central Traffic District or a business district violates § 4-5.1102; crossing elsewhere without going at right angles or by the shortest route to the opposite curb violates § 4-5.1103. Both carry the same Chapter 5 penalty: an infraction or misdemeanor under § 4-5.1601, following Cal. Veh. Code Division 17 (commencing § 40000) with penalties set by Cal. Veh. Code § 42001, enforced by the Police Department's Traffic Division.
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