The City of Los Alamitos has introduced an ordinance that will give police the ability to cite e-bike riders for what they deem as “unsafe” conduct, admittedly keeping the ordinance broad due to a variety of factors.
Los Al Police Chief Michael Claborn told the Council at its January meeting that it has already complied with a recent Orange County Grand Jury report to create e-bike safety classes, and the introduction of an ordinance will satisfy the report’s second requirement
“In relation to the Orange County grand jury report, we were mandated to provide e-bike safety training courses, which we did, and the second part was to expand on the municipal codes for enforcement to improve the safety of these e-bikes,” the police chief said…