Davis, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

030, Method of crossing roadway, states that 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 where a marked crosswalk exists, in which case the crosswalk governs. 903 of the 1964 code. 020 layers a stricter rule on top for school districts: no pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any school district, full stop, with no right-angle alternative. 010 gives the city traffic engineer authority to establish and maintain crosswalks at intersections found to pose a particular pedestrian hazard, and separately allows one additional mid-block crosswalk per block, but only where the block is at least four hundred feet long; the traffic engineer may also post signs at an intersection directing whether pedestrians may or may not use a particular crosswalk there.

040 rounds out the article by barring anyone from standing in a roadway outside a safety zone if doing so interferes with the lawful movement of traffic, though it exempts on-duty public officers, employees, junior traffic officers and utility workers.