Pleasanton, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Section
- § 11.56.020
- Where it applies
- Business district only
- Crosswalk authority
- § 11.56.010 (traffic engineer/council)
- Default penalty
- Misdemeanor, up to $1,000 fine
- Jail exposure
- Up to 6 months
- Infraction-list status
- Not a designated infraction chapter
Summary
In Pleasanton's business district, pedestrians must cross the street at a crosswalk. Municipal Code § 11.56.020 says it in one line, and because this chapter isn't on the city's designated infraction list, breaking it defaults to the code's general misdemeanor penalty rather than a simple parking-style ticket.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4955754; v17 updated 2026-06-02).
Full Breakdown
010 gives the city traffic engineer authority to establish, mark and maintain crosswalks at intersections wherever there is a particular hazard to crossing pedestrians, and lets the city council designate mid-block crosswalks by resolution; the traffic engineer can also post signs or barricades directing pedestrians not to cross in a specific marked crosswalk. 020 confines lawful roadway crossing in the business district to those established crosswalks. 58 (traffic medians). 010: guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment in county jail for up to six months, or both.
030 further provides that each day a violation continues counts as a separate violation, though that provision is aimed at continuing code violations generally rather than a single jaywalking incident.
Violations & Fines
A pedestrian who crosses outside a crosswalk in Pleasanton's business district violates § 11.56.020. Because Chapter 11.56 is not a designated infraction chapter under § 1.12.020, the general penalty of § 1.12.010 applies: a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both.
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