Pasadena, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

32 governs where a pedestrian may lawfully cross a street. 020 requires pedestrians in any business district to use a marked crosswalk: unmarked mid-block crossings are unlawful anywhere the city has designated the area a business district. 030 still restricts free-form crossing: a pedestrian who crosses somewhere other than a marked crosswalk must take a route at right angles to the curb or the shortest line to the opposite curb, meaning diagonal crossings between intersections are barred everywhere in the city, not only downtown. 010: crosswalks are marked at intersections and, in blocks of at least 400 feet, at no more than one additional mid-block location, so a pedestrian more than 200 feet from either end of a short block may have no legal crosswalk nearby and must cross at right angles instead.

070: any violation of Title 10's requirements is a misdemeanor unless state law classifies the specific offense as an infraction, in which case the lesser infraction penalty applies. 00 for a third violation within a year. Pasadena police officers enforce these sections on foot patrol and around Old Pasadena and Colorado Boulevard, where dense business-district pedestrian traffic makes crosswalk enforcement routine.