Rancho Cucamonga, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

40, Pedestrian Rights and Duties, sets three linked rules. 010 gives the city traffic engineer authority to establish, designate and maintain crosswalks wherever pedestrian danger warrants it, and lets the engineer post signs barring pedestrians from a marked crosswalk if needed. 020 requires a pedestrian who is not using a marked or unmarked crosswalk to cross a roadway at right angles to the curb, taking the shortest route to the opposite curb, rather than cutting diagonally. 030 goes further in two settings: subsection A prohibits crossing anywhere other than a crosswalk within a business district, and subsection B extends the same crosswalk-only rule to any street the city has designated as a through street, regardless of whether it runs through a business area.

Both prohibitions were adopted as part of the original 1978 traffic ordinance (Ord. No. 1) and carried forward in the 2014 municipal code recodification. 12's citywide penalty structure. The Rancho Cucamonga Police Department's traffic unit issues the citations, typically alongside enforcement of parallel California Vehicle Code crosswalk provisions on the same streets. 020.