Thread started by Jeronimo at 11.28.07 - 3:29 pm

California State Bicycle Registration Program: California Vehicle Code Division 16.7 - Registration and Licensing of Bicycles

SP = State Program (anyone subject to enforcement unless otherwise noted)

LP = Local Program (only residents subject to enforcement unless otherwise noted)

NP = No Program


Agoura Hills: NP

Alhambra: SP (max fine $5)

Aliso Viejo: NP

Anaheim: NP

Arcadia: LP

Artesia: NP

Avalon: href="http://www.visitcatalinaisland.com/avalon/tran_bicycling.php">LP (applicable to anyone)

Azusa: SP

Baldwin Park: NP

Bell: Unknown

Bell Gardens: SP

Bellflower: NP

Beverly Hills: SP

Big Bear Lake: NP

Brea: SP

Buena Park: SP (applicable to residents only)

Burbank: NP

Camarillo: SP

Carlsbad: SP

Carpinteria: SP (applicable to residents only)

Carson: NP

Cerritos: NP

Chino: SP

Chino Hills: NP

Claremont: SP (applicable to residents only)

Colton: SP

Commerce: NP

Compton: SP (applicable to residents of any municipality that has a state or local registration program)

Corona: LP

Costa Mesa: SP (applicable to residents only, $5 max fine)

Covina: LP

Cudahy: Unknown

Culver City: NP

Cypress: LP ($5 max fine)

Dana Point: NP

Del Mar: NP

Diamond Bar: LP ($5 max fine)

Downey: SP (applicable to residents only, $5 max fine)

Duarte: SP

El Monte: LP

El Segundo: SP

Fountain Valley: SP (applicable to residents only)

Fullerton: NP

Garden Grove: SP (applicable to residents only)

Gardena: LP (applicable to anyone)

Glendale: LP

Glendora: SP (applicable to residents only)

Hawiian Gardens: NP

Hawthorne: SP (applicable to residents only, $5 max fine)

Hermosa Beach: NP

Huntington Beach: NP

Huntington Park: NP

Industry: Unknown

Inglewood: SP (max fine $5)

Irvine: SP (applicable to residents only)

Irwindale: SP (max fine $5)

La Canada/Flintridge: NP

La Habra: SP

La Habra Heights: NP

La Mirada: NP

La Palma: SP (max fine $5)

La Puente: SP

La Verne: SP (applicable to residents only)

Laguna Beach: SP (applicable to residents only)

Laguna Hills: NP

Laguna Niguel: NP

Laguna Woods: NP

Lake Forest: NP

Lakewood: NP (helmet law for all riders)

Lawndale: SP (applicable to residents of any municipality that has a state or local registration program)

Lomita: Unknown

Long Beach: SP

Los Alamitos: SP (applicable to residents only)

Los Angeles: SP

Lynwood: LP (applicable to anyone)

Malibu: NP

Manhattan Beach: NP

Maywood: Unknown

Mission Viejo: LP (voluntary)

Monrovia: SP (applicable to residents only)

Montclair: LP (applicable to "all persons residing in the city and to such other persons who may commonly or habitually operate bicycles upon the public streets of the city")

Montebello: SP

Monterey Park: LP

Moorpark: SP (applicable to Ventura County residents only)

Newport Beach: LP (voluntary)

Norco: NP

Norwalk: NP

Oceanside: LP (voluntary)

Ojai: SP (applicable to residents only)

Ontario: SP (applicable to residents of any municipality that has a state or local registration program)

Orange: SP

Palos Verdes Estates: NP

Paramount: Unknown

Pasadena: SP

Pico Rivera: SP

Placentia: SP (applicable to residents only, $2 max fine)

Pomona: Unknown (muni code being re-written)

Port Hueneme: SP

Rancho Cucamonga: NP

Rancho Palos Verdes: NP

Rancho Santa Margarita: NP

Redondo Beach: SP

Riverside: SP (applicable to residents only)

Rolling Hills: Unknown

Rolling Hills Estates: LP (applicable to anyone)

Rosemead: NP

San Bernardino: SP

San Clemente: SP

San Diego: SP

San Dimas: NP

San Fernando: SP (applicable to residents only)

San Gabriel: NP

San Juan Capistrano: NP

San Marino: SP

Santa Ana: SP

Santa Barbara: SP (applicable to residents only)

Santa Fe Springs: LP (applicable to anyone)

Santa Monica: SP

Seal Beach: NP

Sierra Madre: NP

Simi Valley: SP (applicable to residents of any municipality that has a state or local registration program)

Signal Hill: SP ($5 max fine)

South El Monte: Unknown

South Gate: SP (applicable to residents only)

South Pasadena: SP

Stanton: NP

Temple City: NP

Thousand Oaks: NP

Torrance: SP (applicable to residents only)

Tustin: SP

Upland: LP (applicable to "all persons residing in the city and to such other persons who may commonly or habitually operate bicycles upon the public streets of the city")

Ventura: LP ($2 max fine)

Vernon: NP

Villa Park: NP

Walnut: NP

West Covina: NP

West Hollywood: NP

Westlake Village: NP

Westminster: SP

Whittier: NP

Yorba Linda: LP

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the LAPD on Venice near La Brea will register bikes 24 hours a day for a $3 fee. Just bring the bike to the station office on the westside of the building...(there are 2 offices at the location).



barleye
11.28.07 - 4:04 pm

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and what, exactly, is this so called state program?
The vehicle code only states that local jurisdictions can create a code. Has no provision in it itself to REQUIRE licensing. So If my guess is correct, the ones with SP just mean if you live in another place that requires a bike license, anywhere that has it is subject to that rule too...



FuzzBeast
11.29.07 - 12:57 pm

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Here's yet another reason to ride a foldie.

Bicycle Defined

39000. "Bicycle," for the purposes of this division, means any device upon which a person may ride, which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears having either two or three wheels (one of which is at least 20 inches in diameter) or having a frame size of at least 14 inches, or having four or more wheels.

Amended Ch. 421, Stats. 1978. Effective January 1, 1979.


My wheels on my foldie is stated to be 20 inch wheels, but if you measured them, they are 18-19 inches in diameter. If I was a kid riding a BMX, I would take a good look at what is the diameter of my wheels. They could be exempted from registering and also be excluded from alot of the bicycle vehicle code.



User1
11.29.07 - 11:25 pm

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Spend my time and money ensuring that I'm in compliance with an archaic law that's only enforced occasionally in order to harass cyclists? I am so there!



PC
11.30.07 - 5:07 am

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Ridiculous, isn't it?

39001. (a) The department shall procure and distribute bicycle license indicia and registration forms to all counties and cities which have adopted a bicycle licensing ordinance or resolution.

39002. (a) A city or county, which adopts a bicycle licensing ordinance or resolution, may provide in the ordinance or resolution that no resident shall operate any bicycle, as specified in the ordinance, on any street, road, highway, or other public property within the jurisdiction of the city or county, as the case may be, unless the bicycle is licensed in accordance with this division.

It's written into the State Vehicle Code only as a program to support PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES. Nobody is forced to participate or even adhere to the state's suggestions. In fact, the way the code is written, some of these municipalities who have local programs written into their code can charge more than the $10 minimum for a violation and not be superceded by the State Vehicle Code.



Jeronimo
11.30.07 - 2:01 pm

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When I registered my bike, they told me it was a way of identifying your bike in case of theft. Has anyone ever recovered their bike that way?



mk4524
11.30.07 - 2:09 pm

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To think that several municipalities require me to have a license on my bicycle just to ride through is just plain goofy, especially since the municipality I reside in does not support one. What's even more goofy is the municipalities who have a local program and require anyone riding in their municipality to have their speciffic bicycle registration. Archaic is right.



Jeronimo
11.30.07 - 2:09 pm

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When the shit starts hitting the fan, I'll just switch to the foldie till it blows over. Sounds like a great way to handle the storm!!! Shit I can't even get a DUI on the foldie!!



User1
11.30.07 - 4:31 pm

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I'm certain some stolen bicycles have been recovered that had state registration, but it is not the only way a stolen bicycle can be identified to be recovered. In fact, it's much easier to peel off a registration tag than it is to deface a serial number. The National Crime Information Center (NCIC) has a section to include stolen bicycles that identifies from the serial number and an owner applied number if there is one (home engraver owners rejoice!) In California this is accessed through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) and when a stolen bicycle is entered into the systems in CA, it is accomplished through CLETS. This ensures that a stolen bicycle can be identified through a serial number (and owner applied number in there is one) in the event of a recovery anywhere in the US and Canada through the connection/entry with NCIC. The state registration system mentioned in this thread is nothing more than a redundancy that is not needed. Whether or not a law enforcement officer runs either a state registration number, or serial number/owner applied number is the question because either will come up as a stolen if the officer is doing their job properly. As a burgeoning conspiracy theorist from reading PC's ramblings, I'd have to say that bicycle registrations are just another way of allowing undesirable law enforcement officials to be even less drsirable.



Jeronimo
11.30.07 - 6:08 pm

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