Lynwood, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

The Lynwood City Traffic Engineer establishes and marks crosswalks at intersections and, under Lynwood Municipal Code § 7-19.1, at no more than one additional mid-block crossing per block, and only where the block runs at least 400 feet. Once those crosswalks exist, § 7-19.2 requires every pedestrian in the City of Lynwood's business district to use one: "No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district." The rule traces to Code 1972 § 19-86 and is cross-referenced to California Vehicle Code sections on right-of-way at crosswalks (§ 21950), pedestrians outside crosswalks (§ 21954), and the city's authority to bar crossing elsewhere (§ 21961).

Outside the business district, § 7-19.3 still requires pedestrians to cross at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb unless they use a marked crosswalk, and § 7-19.4 bars standing in any roadway outside a safety zone or crosswalk if it interferes with traffic, with an exception for on-duty public officers and utility workers. Enforcement falls to the contract Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Century Station, which patrols Lynwood's streets. A violation of any chapter 7 traffic provision, including this pedestrian chapter, is a misdemeanor or infraction under Vehicle Code § 40000, per Lynwood Municipal Code § 7-26.

The city traffic engineer may also post signs at specific intersections barring pedestrians from an otherwise marked crosswalk, so a marked crossing is not automatically usable everywhere it appears.