San Marcos, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

040 does not outlaw mid-block crossing everywhere; it creates a case-by-case designation process. Subsection (a) authorizes the Traffic Commission to prohibit crossing of roadways between intersections that are not controlled by a traffic signal or a police officer, but only after the Commission first considers a report from the City Traffic Engineer recommending that specific stretch. Subsection (b) requires the City to post signage on the affected roadway once a crossing is designated, telling pedestrians that crossing between those particular intersections is prohibited; the prohibition is not enforceable at a given location until that sign goes up.

Subsection (c) then makes it unlawful for any person to cross a roadway that has been both designated by the Traffic Commission and posted with the required signage under subsection (b). 030, which separately bars standing or sitting on a crosswalk, street, or Public Place so as to obstruct free passage. Because the ban is tied to Traffic Commission action and physical signage rather than a blanket municipal rule, a San Marcos pedestrian crossing an unmarked, unposted street between intersections is not automatically violating this section; only stretches the Commission has formally designated and the City has posted are off-limits. The current version traces to Ordinance No. 2007-1291 and was carried forward by the 2024 recodification, Ordinance No. 2024-1544.