San Rafael, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

36, Pedestrians, traces to the city's original traffic ordinance (Ord. 670) and has not been substantively rewritten since. 010 lets the city traffic engineer establish and mark crosswalks, and post signs at an intersection directing pedestrians not to cross in a particular crosswalk. 020 then supplies the jaywalking rule itself: no pedestrian may cross a roadway other than by a crosswalk in any business district. 030 still requires pedestrians to cross by a route at right angles to the curb, or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, unless a marked crosswalk is used, so a diagonal or angled crossing is barred citywide, not just downtown.

040, separately bars standing in a roadway or crosswalk outside a designated safety zone if doing so interferes with traffic, though it exempts on-duty public officers, employees and utility workers. 010, which assigns officers designated by the chief of police to enforce all street traffic laws, including the vehicle code and this title. 60) the city singled out for the lighter infraction penalty rather than the misdemeanor default that applies to unlisted traffic provisions in the title.