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Police Department <br />www.santa-ana.org/police <br />Item # 15 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />October 3, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Ordinance Adding Article XV, Sections 36-706 through 36-710, Entitled "Street <br />Racing and Reckless Driving Exhibitions Prohibited" to the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Ordinance Adding Article XV, Sections 36-706 through 36-710, Entitled "Street Racing <br />and Reckless Driving Exhibitions Prohibited" to the Santa Ana Municipal Code <br />Prohibiting Spectators at Illegal Speed Contests and Reckless Driving Exhibitions <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve first reading of an ordinance to prohibit spectators who knowingly attend or <br />assist with illegal speed contests and reckless driving exhibitions. If approved, Article <br />XV, sections 36-706 through 36-710 entitled “Street Racing and Reckless Driving <br />Exhibitions Prohibited” will be added to the Santa Ana Municipal Code. <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES:No <br />DISCUSSION <br />As a result of the serious public safety threat street racing and reckless driving exhibitions <br />(commonly referred to as intersection/street takeovers or “sideshows”) pose to other <br />drivers, residents, and visitors, the Santa Ana Police Department (“SAPD”), in partnership <br />with the Public Works Agency, developed a comprehensive program to deter street racing <br />and reckless driving exhibitions in the City. <br />The program, dubbed S.T.E.A.R.R.D (Strategic Traffic Enforcement Against Racing and <br />Reckless Driving), is a three-pronged approach to address the racing and reckless driving <br />problem in the City. The three prongs of the program are Enforcement, Engineering, and <br />Education. <br />The Public Works Agency (PWA) has been actively involved in S.T.E.A.R.R.D's <br />Engineering component. Public Works has strategically re-phased specific traffic lights to <br />"Rest in Red" along major arterial roadways throughout the City. The re-phasing deters <br />street races by presenting a traffic signal resting in red rather than green. PWA is also <br />evaluating roadway designs and speed limits where street racing and reckless driving