Pico Rivera, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Section 10.68.010, part of Chapter 10.68 Pedestrians, states flatly that no pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district. The Municipal Code's traffic definitions chapter, Section 10.08.020, defines a business district as a stretch of highway where, on one side, fifty percent or more of the contiguous property fronting the road for six hundred feet is occupied by buildings used for business, or where, on both sides combined, fifty percent or more of the property is so occupied over three hundred feet, and the district can run longer than those distances if that ratio of business frontage continues.

Beyond business districts, Section 10.68.020 separately requires pedestrians to use a marked crosswalk on Rosemead Boulevard between Dunlap Crossing Road and Coffman & Pico Road regardless of whether the area qualifies as a business district. Section 10.68.040 layers on an additional rule at controlled intersections: where an officer, traffic sign or signal directs traffic, a pedestrian may not cross other than with the released flow of traffic, even if that means waiting through an extra light cycle. Because Chapter 10.68 does not write its own fine schedule, a citation defaults to the general penalty in Section 1.20.010, which lets the city prosecute the crossing as a misdemeanor or reduce it to an infraction with escalating fines for repeat violations of the same ordinance within a year.