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Sacramento plans to install marked crosswalks, pedestrian warning signs and “no parking” signs at a Curtis Park intersection where the city previously covered unauthorized red-painted curbs.
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City traffic engineers have approved a series of work orders for the intersection of 25th Street and Second Avenue, according to an email sent Tuesday to Curtis Park resident Garrett Jensen following The Bee’s reporting last week about the intersection’s curbs.
The planned installations include:
• Marked crosswalks across all four legs of the intersection
• Pedestrian crosswalk warning signs
• Advance pedestrian warning signs and markings on approaches to the new marked crosswalks
• “No parking” signs on the approach side, 20 feet from the crosswalks, with parking-end brackets next to the signs
The email did not provide a timeline for when the work will be completed. It was not immediately clear whether the improvements were approved in response to a 311 request Jensen filed in mid-May or an earlier email.
Earlier this year, three curbs at the intersection were painted red, showing how far vehicles must park from a crosswalk under California’s “daylighting” law, which aims to improve visibility at crossings. The traffic safety law, Assembly Bill 413, prohibits parking within 20 feet of the approach side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk, or within 15 feet when a curb extension is present.
However, in May, the three curbs suddenly appeared gray, blending back into the concrete and making it more difficult for drivers to know where they could legally park. Thinking the gray paint was the work of vandals, Jensen filed a 311 request.
But the city had painted over the red markings.
The red paint, the city said, had been applied illegally and without permission.
City workers painted the curbs gray as Sacramento continues working to install daylighting infrastructure, including red curb markings and signs.
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Daylighting parking restrictions apply whether or not a curb is painted or “no parking” signs are present. The state did not provide funding for local jurisdictions to implement the new rule, creating what officials have described as an unfunded mandate.
Sacramento is addressing the lack of dedicated funding by incorporating curb painting and signage into existing transportation projects, including the Franklin Boulevard complete street project that opened last week. The city began enforcing the violation in July 2025 — issuing more than 440 over one year — and has posted about daylighting on its website and spoken with news outlets about the new rules.
Still, advocates have said the city should do more to make the parking restriction clear for California drivers, who are accustomed to the old parking rules.
Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association board member Greg Speck said 25th Street and Second Avenue was one of multiple intersections the organization had identified as dangerous in Curtis Park. Others included Crocker Drive and Donner Way, where he said visibility could be limited around a turn, and multiple intersections along Franklin Boulevard, including Castro Way near Gunther’s Ice Cream.
Speck said association members had spoken to the city and representatives from his City Council district had attended meetings. However, he said the process for improvements had been slow.
“We’re grateful that the 24th and Castro (streets) and the 25th Street and Second Avenue intersections have gotten attention, but we are definitely worried that collisions, injuries or worse are going to — it’s going to take those before any real change actually happens,” he said. Speck added that the city had approved painted crosswalks and bulb-outs at 24th and Castro streets.
A spokesperson for the city did not immediately respond to a request on the development.
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