Proposed Sideshow Ordinance
Presentation
April 2, 2024
City Council Meeting
Side Show Definition
A side show is defined as an occasion where
one or more persons, for the purpose of
performing a Street Race or Reckless Driving
Exhibition for one or more Spectator(s) either
blocks or impedes traffic on a street or
highway or impedes access to an off-street
parking facility.
2 Reported Side Shows
in San Leandro
Tuesday, February 2, 20XX 3
2021 – 76
2022 – 55
2023 – 43*
*Through October 2023
Regional Sideshow
Enforcement Team (ReSET)
• Established in 2023 • Partnership with Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, California Highway
Patrol, Hayward Police
Department and San Leandro
Police Department
• Mission: focused on the reduction
of dangerous and unlawful
gatherings known as “sideshows,”
reckless driving, and associated
violent crime through pro-active
enforcement within Hayward, San
Leandro, and unincorporated
Alameda County.
Tuesday, February 2, 20XX
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Arrests:
• Misdemeanor – 134
• Felony - 66
Traffic Stops
• 1,429
Guns Seized
• 27
Known Sideshows Prevented
• 4
RESET Statistics – 2023
6 License Suspension (Assembly Bill 3)
• 1/1/2025 – 1 year Drivers License Suspension for participating a “side show” Engaging in speed contest – 23109 (C) VC
• Misdemeanor
• Up to $1,000 fine
Reckless Driving – 23103 VC
• Misdemeanor
• Up to $1,000 fine
Current California Law
7 Spectators Prohibited at Sideshow Events
• It is unlawful for any person to knowingly be a Spectator at a Side Show Event conducted on a public street or highway or off-street parking facility • It is unlawful for any person to knowingly be a Spectator at the location of preparations for a Sideshow Event on a public street of off-street parking facility.
Violations
• Misdemeanor and/or
• $1,000 fine
Proposed Ordinance
“Spectator
” Definition
“Spectator” shall mean any
person who is present at a
Sideshow Event, or the site of
the Preparations for a Sideshow
Event, for the purpose of
viewing, observing, watching, or
witnessing the Sideshow Event
as it progresses. A “Spectator”
includes any person at the
location of the Sideshow Event
that may have participated in
preparations and/or promoting
the Sideshow Event.
8 “Present
” Definition Is “present” at a Sideshow
Event if that person is within
two hundred (200) feet of
the location of the Sideshow
Event, or within two hundred
(200) feet of the site of the
Preparations for any
Sideshow Event.
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Alameda County
City of Oakland
City of San Jose
City of Hayward
City of Pittsburg
City of Petaluma
City of Santa Rosa
City of Rohnert Park
Similar Ordinances
11 Adopt an ordinance Adding Chapter 4-44 “Sideshows, Street Races and Reckless Driving Exhibitions” to Title 4 “Public Welfare” of the San Leandro Municipal Code to Prohibit Spectators at Sideshows, Street Races, and Reckless Driving Exhibitions Recommendation