California Vehicle Code

§ 22358.4

VEH § 22358.4 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 11 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit established by subdivision (b) of Section 22352 is more than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 15 miles per hour if justified as the appropriate speed limit by that survey.

(2)An ordinance or resolution adopted under paragraph (1) shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving notice of the speed limit are erected upon the highway and, in the case of a state highway, until the ordinance is approved by the Department of Transportation and the appropriate signs are erected upon the highway.

(b)(1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, determine and declare prima facie speed limits as follows:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 555, Sec. 4. (AB 382) Effective January 1, 2026.