San Jose pilot project will install cameras to lower traffic fatalities on its deadliest streets

SAN JOSE COULD hand out more speeding tickets next year, thanks to a controversial bill bringing traffic cameras to several California cities.

Assembly Bill 645 legalizes the state’s use of surveillance cameras in school zones and “safety corridors” to catch speeding drivers for a five-year pilot program. Six cities will participate in the pilot, including San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill last week.