Corona, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Corona Code of Ordinances § 10.56.020 states: "No pedestrian shall cross a roadway between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic-control signal devices or by police officers except in a crosswalk." The companion section, § 10.56.030, adds that outside a marked crosswalk, "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." Together the two sections restrict where and how a pedestrian may lawfully cross once traffic signals or officers control the block.

The city's crosswalk-designation rule, § 10.56.010, gives the City Traffic Engineer authority to establish and mark crosswalks at intersections and mid-block locations, but bars any new mid-block crosswalk in a block shorter than 400 feet, and lets the Traffic Engineer post signs barring pedestrians from a particular marked crosswalk. Chapter 10.56 also carries related pedestrian rules in the same run of sections: hitchhiking on a traveled street or alley is prohibited under § 10.56.040, and § 10.56.070 bars spitting or throwing refuse onto sidewalks and public places.

Both crossing sections date to Ordinance 1506 (1978) and remain in force unchanged. Chapter 10.56's own penalty clause, § 10.56.060(F), sets a misdemeanor fine of up to $1,000 or up to six months in jail for violations in the chapter, though the City Attorney, City Prosecutor, or District Attorney may prosecute a violation as an infraction instead.