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Božena Ivanová
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Hladomor na Ukrajině, Masakr Židů v Kamenci Podolském, Osvobozování Československa, Konec druhé světové války
The Slovaks did not want women in the army
"They didn't want us, the Slovaks didn't really want us, they didn't want women in the army. It was not Svoboda. Žižka had women in the army there. No, there was no tradition among Slovaks. They wanted to get rid of us. They thought we would leave. Our girls in Buzuluk were trained. They were snipers, paramedics, great, brave girls, there was nothing wrong with that. So, we said, 'We're not giving up either, why should we?' We were healthy and young too. Well, the boys did terrible things to us, terribly bad things. For example, we walked down the hall, we carried our mess kits with dinner, it was quite dark in the hall. They tripped us up, we fell, the mess kit spilled and we were without dinner. And do you know what it's like to be without dinner? We could not fall asleep because of hunger; the hunger was insane. So at least we had cabbage with mashed potatoes, or a piece of bread, it was a rarity. And if you don't have it, you couldn't fall asleep the whole night. We couldn't wait for breakfast for the bread and porridge. And they did this to us a few times."
The Germans killed thousands of children
"The Germans decided that they would take trucks. They came to school and said that these children were barbarians, they have no proper upbringing, no education, those Russians would not enrich them in any way. So, the children were loaded and taken to Germany for re-education so that they could become a cultural nation. A class after a class was loaded onto the trucks. Instead of going to Germany, they took them to Kamienec Podolsko, to those huge pits. There the children stood around the pit and a couple of soldiers with rifles stood nearby and shot them. And the children were jammed next to each other in front of the pit. When the German shot one of them, the child grabbed a neighbor and they fell into those pits together. There were thousands of children, the Germans took schools from all over the area. There were four pits, but don't wish for that - the volume and the corpses! When they declared that the children had not left to Germany, but were buried in Kamienec Podolsko, (it is a city, the city must have it recorded, it was an event, a terrible tragedy, there must be commemorative books and witnesses, everything there must be captured), so parents came from all over the area, walked along the paths and looked at the corpses. They knew how old the children were, not their faces anymore, it was no longer visible, but there were little dresses, boots, bows. The girls had beautiful bows; they wore them a lot in their hair. That's how the parents were coming to see them…"
The hunger in Russia
"I have experienced a situation when a person died from starvation. When my grandmother brought me there, we lived in a housing estate. They cooked on kerosene lamps, and my mother and I - I was six years old – we went for kerosene. These were such special containers. So, we went down the hill to such a shop where they had kerosene. It was in the winter. And as we went down, a man was lying by the fence, and another one was standing next to him, pulling his wellingtons off his legs. And he - that was the first Russian word I remembered - he kept telling him 'pagadi, pagadi', he kept saying it. We went around them, my mom speeded up. When we went back, the man was lying there and he was already dead. And he wasn't wearing boots, the other one pulled them off - what would a dead man need shoes for? And that 'pagadi' meant 'wait'. So, he didn't wait and took off his shoes. He was starving to death. It was the famine. Then I had a friend in Lugansk, that was before the war, she lived in a village. And she told me that when she was little, she was going with her parents (she was about 22), exchanging corpses. They were changing them from a village to a village because no one in the village wanted to eat their relative or a neighbor."
Clearing of remains after a raid
"We were standing and they let go the children's military train at night, and when we came to see them in the morning, it was all bombed out. There were five hundred children and two hundred adult staff. And there was not a single person alive. Well, they wanted to move on, right. As if there were not enough people and everything else to clear already. What a show. It was all cut and pulled off those tracks. There was only one track back and forth, two tracks couldn't be built, they wouldn't have made it, so everyone with arms and legs had to help. We went to help too. There were a few families of us, maybe there were six of us of the age of 14 and older with our parents. We got big gloves that fell, so they tied them on our hands with twine, and we also had to remove the corpses. It had to be buried, people couldn't be left there among the iron. That wasn't a pretty sight. Well, when the tracks stretched, they drove again for a while before they arrived and broke it again."
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Why does a fourteen-year-old girl have to see this?
Božena Koutná (Ivanová), 1945
zdroj: archive of the witness
Božena Ivanová, née Koutná, was born on May 18, 1927 in Prague. Her parents left to the Soviet Union to work in 1931 under the surname Fiala. She followed them in 1933. Her father worked in Podolsk near Moscow, later in Lugansk. After the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in June 1941, the plant was evacuated, and so the family moved - first to Omsk to Siberia, later to Almaty. There they learned about the emerging Czechoslovak military unit in Buzuluk, where they went in 1942. Her mother worked in the kitchen there, her father served in a machine gun company. Božena went to school in Buzuluk and in January 1944 she was recruited into military service and in August she was assigned to the 2nd Czechoslovak Parachute Brigade as a signaler. She underwent hard training, including three parachute jumps. She did not participate in the direct battles of the brigade in Slovakia, in January 1945 she was assigned to a training unit. There she also met her future husband Pavel Ivan, whom she married in October 1945. The husband worked in the army, so the family with two children often moved, depending on where her husband was transferred. In 1963 they settled in Česká Třebová.
The oath of the 2nd Parachute Brigade Jefremov, February 1944, (witness marked with a cross)
A kindergarten in Česká Třebová, 1932, (the witness is in the middle with a ball)
Little Božena, 1938, Moscow
At school in Russia, circa 1938, (the witness is in the dark far right)
Her father Antonín with a youth brigade and his daughter (in the middle), circa 1934
A school in Lugansk
Proof of residence permit for people without Russian citizenship
Božena Koutná at a fashion show, 1947
Pavel Ivan circa 1945
The orders and medals that she received
Podolsk, on a trip with local families, 1930s
Kitchen staff of the officer's dining room, her mother Marie (on the left)
In Slovakia with Lt. Col. Klauder, April 15, 1945
Staff of the training battalion, rhe commander of Brezana (the witness is in the middle next to the Russian officer), April 16, 1945
A training unit in Slovakia, 1945, the commander Capt. Brezany (on the left)
A training unit
Božena Ivanová in 2019
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A ceremonial meeting
Celebrations in Buzuluk
Opening of the exhibition "With a parachute over your head", Hůrka fortress, 2010
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Q: Check if xml node has attribute I have an XML file which is generated from a windows application like below "Repport.xml":
<ArrayOfAutoReportXML>
    <AutoReportXML ReportName="Report1" ReportID="1" />
    <AutoReportXML ReportName="Report2" ReportID="2" />
    <AutoReportXML ReportName="Report3" ReportID="3" />
    <AutoReportXML ReportName="Report4" ReportID="4" />
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I am trying to check if ReportName already exists and i am trying below code to do that:
using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("Repport.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
    XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(fs);

    string attrReportname = (string) doc.Elements("AutoReportXML")
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}

And attrReportName is null.

A: The issue is that Elements will only find the immediate child Elements from the current context.  The only element returned by doc.Elements() would be ArrayOfAutoReportXML.
What you need is Descendants, which traverse all elements in the document.
To check if a report exists based on that attribute:
var reportExists = doc
    .Descendants("AutoReportXML")
    .Attributes("ReportName")
    .Any(x => x.Value == "Report1");

If you needed to check using more than one attribute:
var reportExists = doc
    .Descendants("AutoReportXML")
    .Any(x => (string)x.Attribute("ReportName") == "Report1" &&
              (int)x.Attribute("ReportID") == 1);

See this fiddle for a working demo.

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Tori's Guide to Holiday Book-Giving – Cookbooks, Novels, History, Biographies and More!
The holidays are upon us! This year I'm trying not to overdo the whole gift-giving thing in favor of embracing the holiday spirit and giving to charitable causes. That said, there are some people on my list that I always give to, even if it's something small and from the heart. Books are some of my favorite gift items. They're thoughtful, personal and spread knowledge… plus they are usually somewhat reasonable for a holiday budget.
Looking for some ideas of your own? Below is a mix of cookbooks, history books and few novels that I enjoy and will likely be giving as gifts this year. I hope my list sparks some ideas for you. Happy shopping!
A note to my kosher readers – not all of these cookbooks work within the kosher dietary restrictions. Please read the descriptions of the books carefully to determine if they are the right choice for you and your family.
I adore Irvin, and his cookbook is at the top of my gift-giving list. While I haven't had time to blog about it yet this season, I highly recommend Irvin's work – he's an artist, a gifted baker and an all-around amazing guy.
This book has been around for a while, but I can't remember if I've ever recommended it here on the blog. It's a fascinating read, full of little-known American food history.
I haven't had a chance to read this novel yet, but the premise intrigues me with its connection to the history of Johnny Appleseed. I will likely gift this one to myself!
Maria Speck is a treasure, and this cookbook is her crown jewel. Filled with innovative and delicious ways to incorporate a variety of grains into your diet, it also features some fascinating grain history. Believe it or not, she also offers gluten free substitutions for most of the recipes– so even those who are grain-free can enjoy!
Jane Ziegelman's 97 Orchard is a must-have for any history buff with a culinary interest. If you already own it, Ziegelman and co-author Andrew Coe came out with a new one this year – A Square Meal: A Culinary History of the Great Depression.
This gorgeous collection pairs the beautiful artwork of Anna Bond with some of my favorite classic titles, including my very favorite Anne of Green Gables. This is an exquisite set for the feminine literary person in your life.
I haven't had a chance to cook from this book yet, but the title alone has me excited to check it out!
My friends Julie and Lisa have put together a terrific collection of easy recipes for the home cook. Great for busy families or cooks who are just starting out, the recipes are non-intimidating and the writing is fun, light and funny. Here's a more detailed post about the book if you're curious and want to learn more!
For the Jewish foodie, there is no greater gift than the Encyclopedia of Jewish Food by my late friend Gil Marks. Gil was a regular contributor to my website who had a wealth of knowledge about the history of Jewish cuisine. I learn something new every time I return to this book, and I truly miss Gil's influence on our culinary culture.
This is another cookbook that I am excited to try! While I haven't cooked from it yet, the title doesn't disappoint. My family loves Lebanese cuisine!
The consummate gift for anybody who loves to cook, Julia's master volume of French recipes is an important part of our culinary history. I've cooked many recipes from it, and I love channeling Julia in the kitchen. She's a true inspiration.
This incredible biography of Albert Einstein sheds light on the man, the myth, and the mystery of his genius. Isaacson's work is especially meaningful to me now, as I have recently started working with the Albert Einstein Foundation to help honor Einstein's legacy and inspire the geniuses of tomorrow.
I've recently gotten back into Persian cooking; my good friend took me to a Persian market, and the plethora of colorful ingredients proved wildly inspirational. This gorgeous book looks like the perfect way to deepen our understanding of the cuisine.
Pie lovers, take note! Kate McDermott's Art of Pie is a wondrous journey into the delectable world of crusts and fillings. That photo makes me want to grab a slice right off the cover!
I really enjoyed this novel, which follows a fantastical journey into the dueling worlds of two magicians. A fun and imaginative read.
We eat vegetarian most of the time. I'm looking forward to exploring this book to see what new ideas it might spark for our family meals.
I'll admit to being more than a little obsessed with the writings of Jane Austen. This beautifully bound set of her classics would make a lovely gift for any Jane-ophile in your circle.
Anybody who loves Israeli cooking must check out Jerusalem, which chronicles the complex food story of this charged, energetic, spiritually diverse part of our world.
Here's another new illustrated children's book about famous characters and their favorite foods: passthepandowdyplease.com published by Tilbury House.
Thank you for posting your various recommended books. And as always, your terrific recipes!


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Tryingtogetby Releases His Full-Length Album "Curse of a Tongue"
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Tryingtogetby is a Chicago-based act established by musician Tyler Miller, who wrote and performed all of the songs on this new album. Tryingtogetby worked on this album and the previous ep during the pandemic, playing all the instruments. Stephen Pastor on drums and Steve Merkel on bass were featured on The 'Steve, Stephen, Tyler.' Merkel appears on bass on the new album as the sole feature for the song "Blind." Tryingtogetby describes himself as a "punk rock nomad" and "Curse of a Tongue" is his new album which he released on the 8th of August this year.
The album, "Curse of a Tongue," has a total running duration of 28 minutes 16 seconds, and eleven(11) songs, and we asked Tryingtogetby to tell us more about it. Relax and enjoy our conversation with the artist.
SONGWEB: Tell us about yourself and how your work as an artist is influenced by it.
TRYINGTOGETBY: I grew up in a small country town, moved to the city when I turned 18 and started a booking company because there wasn't any communication in the scene or for bands trying to play in the town. I did that for 5 years and sold everything I had so I could do what I wanted the whole time, which was to play and travel. I filled in for bands for tours that needed someone and played around 200 shows a year on the road till the pandemic hit. I was living in Chicago at the time touring with Voice of Addiction, whom I got to write and record the new album with that was released on August 5th on guitar. I've seen a lot of stuff in the country firsthand, gained a ton of perspective that I didn't have when I was younger, and always thirsted for more. I still do and I think it's important to never be satisfied and to stay in pursuit of an ever-changing dream. I take inspiration from everyone I meet.
SONGWEB: Who are your most important artistic influences?
TRYINGTOGETBY: Mainly small local bands but before I had the privilege of seeing them on the road I'd have to say Rancid and Operation Ivy were major influences when I was younger. As I got older I got into more 90s 2000s lyrical hip-hop artists like Wu-Tang, MF DOOM, A Tribe Called Quest, and Beastie Boys. My tastes go across the board though as I still consider myself a blues guitar player at heart. BB King and Stevie Ray Vaughn shine through a lot of my lead playing.
SONGWEB: Where do you get your inspiration and what trends influence your work?
TRYINGTOGETBY: Friends and traveling on a positive note. Assholes and bigots for the rest.
SONGWEB: Could you tell us about your current project and its production process?
TRYINGTOGETBY: I bounced the idea around a lot of how much production value I could get from my DIY setup but ended up trying something that ended up being a very fresh fun production style.
– I tracked my DI tracks, midi organ, and drum stems on reaper (free version yepp)
– Used VSTS for personal editing and playing
– Bounced the DIs with no effects added to wav files and sent them to my engineer Kyle Tile
– Kyle re-amped the guitars in the studio at Black in Bluhm in Denver, put my vocals through tasty processors, and made it sound exactly how I wanted everything.
– Roger Lima from Less Than Jake did the masters down in Florida and bounced it back to me.
– I use free programs to do all the recording.
SONGWEB: In what ways has this project aided you in other aspects of your life?
TRYINGTOGETBY: It started as a project for me busking between tours to get to wherever the next run started. I ended up hopping on some shows because if I drive in 4 hours in any direction I can usually find a punk or a dive willing to let me set up a bucket, stand on the bar, and scream.
SONGWEB: Could you define briefly the objective or purpose of your work?
TRYINGTOGETBY: Maintain sanity and release demons.
SONGWEB: Do you have any artist relationships, and how do they help you?
TRYINGTOGETBY: I used to book shows, a couple of hundred acts in 5 years. Folk to punk and metal. When I started traveling and playing shows, it was like reverse booking. I hit up bands that I booked before and was like "Yo what's up I'm in your town!" and then I was doing it three times a year to everyone. I glued together a lot of cool bands that didn't know about each other and everyone has helped each other and pushed each other since. The DIY punk community has always been there for me in my hardest times and my highest ones.
SONGWEB: Describe how we can help you advance your career.
TRYINGTOGETBY: Spread the word!
SONGWEB: What have your critics and collectors had to say about your work?
TRYINGTOGETBY: Everyone thinks I've grown a lot since the last ep that was a test run of this one-man ska band thing. I take that compliment great!
SONGWEB: How do you hone your abilities?
TRYINGTOGETBY: I do my best to break free from the stress of the world around me long enough to put into words how I feel. I like to be alone a lot more than I used to. That might be from the sobriety, the pandemic, or my general disgust of the world as a whole over the past few years of clarity. I do have to note that nothing gets this old train chuggin' like a freshly packed bowl.
Listen to "Curse of a Tongue" by Tryingtogetby on Spotify and let us know what you think while you follow him on his social media platforms. Cheers!
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Carol is an award-winning educator who taught for 33 years in the Niskayuna CSD, in upstate NY. She is an "authorized Google Education Trainer," "Google Certified Teacher," "Smithsonian Laureate," "Apple Distinguished Educator," "WNYT Educator of Excellence," and was nominated for the "Disney American Teacher Award." She is a recognized speaker at national, statewide, and regional conferences, and is often a "featured speaker." She presents for Google in the "Google Teaching Booth" at national conferences such as ISTE, and for Apple Computer in the Apple Exhibit Area. She has written lessons and curriculum that incorporate Google tools, which are published in Google Apps For Educators, on Google's national site, for educators to reference and use. She has taught for Apple Computer at the Apple Teacher Institutes, and is one of the authors of Apple Computer's 21st Century Learning Collection.
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PDF2 PDF |Add To My Favorites |Track Bill | Version: 10/08/21 - Chaptered 09/13/21 - Enrolled 09/01/21 - Amended Senate 08/23/21 - Amended Senate 08/16/21 - Amended Senate 07/14/21 - Amended Senate 07/06/21 - Amended Senate 06/25/21 - Amended Senate 03/22/21 - Amended Assembly 12/07/20 - Introduced
AB-43 Traffic safety.(2021-2022)
An act to amend Sections 627, 21400, 22352, 22354, 22358, and 40802 of, and to add Sections 22358.6, 22358.7, 22358.8, and 22358.9 to, the Vehicle Code, relating to traffic safety.
AB 43, Friedman. Traffic safety.
(1) Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law authorizes state and local authorities to adjust these default speed limits, as specified, based upon certain findings determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law defines an engineering and traffic survey and prescribes specified factors that must be included in the survey, including prevailing speeds and road conditions. Existing law authorizes local authorities to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicyclist safety.
This bill would authorize local authorities to consider the safety of vulnerable pedestrian groups, as specified.
(2) Existing law establishes a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour on any highway, other than a state highway, located in any business or residence district, as defined. Existing law authorizes a local authority to change the speed limit on any such highway, as prescribed, including erecting signs to give notice thereof.
This bill would establish a prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour on state highways located in any business or residence district and would authorize the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to change the speed limit on any such highway, as prescribed, including erecting signs to give notice thereof.
(3) Existing law establishes a speed limit of 65 miles per hour on state highways, as specified. Existing law authorizes Caltrans to declare a speed limit on any such highway, as prescribed, of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, or 25 miles per hour, including erecting signs to give notice thereof. Existing law also authorizes a local authority, on a section of highway, other than a state highway, where the speed limit is 65 miles per hour to declare a lower speed limit, as specified.
This bill would additionally authorize Caltrans and a local authority to declare a speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour, as specified, on these highways.
(4) Existing law authorizes a local authority, without an engineering and traffic survey, to declare a lowered speed limit on portions of highway, as specified, approaching a school building or school grounds. Existing law limits this authority to sections of highway meeting specified requirements relating to the number of lanes and the speed limit of the highway before the school zone.
This bill would similarly authorize a lowered speed limit on a section of highway contiguous to a business activity district, as defined, and would require that certain violations be subject to a warning citation, for the first 30 days of implementation.
(5) Existing law requires Caltrans, by regulation, to provide for the rounding up or down to the nearest 5 miles per hour increment of the 85th percentile speed of free-flowing traffic on a portion of highway as determined by a traffic and engineering survey. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to create and implement an online tool by June 30, 2024, for the adjudication of traffic infractions, among other things.
This bill would authorize a local authority to further reduce the speed limit, as specified, and require that certain violations be subject to a warning citation, for the first 30 days of implementation. The bill would, in some circumstances, authorize the reduction of a speed limit beginning June 30, 2024, or when the Judicial Council has developed an online tool for adjudicating traffic infraction violations, whichever is sooner. The bill would require Caltrans to accordingly revise the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as specified.
(6) Existing law defines a speed trap and prohibits evidence of a driver's speed obtained through a speed trap from being admissible in court in any prosecution against a driver for a speed-related offense. Existing law deems a road where the speed limit is not justified by a traffic and engineering survey conducted within the previous 7 years to be a speed trap, unless the roadway has been evaluated by a registered engineer, as specified, in which case the speed limit remains enforceable for a period of 10 years. Existing law exempts a school zone, as defined, from certain provisions relating to defining a speed trap.
This bill would extend the period that a speed limit justified by a traffic and engineering survey conducted more the 7 years ago remains valid, for purposes of speed enforcement, if evaluated by a registered engineer, as specified, to 14 years.
This bill would also exempt a senior zone and business activity district, as defined, from those provisions.
Section 627 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
(a) "Engineering and traffic survey," as used in this code, means a survey of highway and traffic conditions in accordance with methods determined by the Department of Transportation for use by state and local authorities.
(b) An engineering and traffic survey shall include, among other requirements deemed necessary by the department, consideration of all of the following:
(1) Prevailing speeds as determined by traffic engineering measurements.
(2) Accident records.
(3) Highway, traffic, and roadside conditions not readily apparent to the driver.
(c) When conducting an engineering and traffic survey, local authorities, in addition to the factors set forth in paragraphs (1) to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (b) may consider all of the following:
(1) Residential density, if any of the following conditions exist on the particular portion of highway and the property contiguous thereto, other than a business district:
(A) Upon one side of the highway, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(B) Upon both sides of the highway, collectively, within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business structures.
(C) The portion of highway is longer than one-quarter of a mile but has the ratio of separate dwelling houses or business structures to the length of the highway described in either subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) Safety of bicyclists and pedestrians, with increased consideration for vulnerable pedestrian groups including children, seniors, persons with disabilities, users of personal assistive mobility devices, and the unhoused.
(a) The Department of Transportation shall, after consultation with local agencies and public hearings, adopt rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices placed pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, speed restriction signs, railroad warning approach signs, street name signs, lines and markings on the roadway, and stock crossing signs placed pursuant to Section 21364.
(b) The Department of Transportation shall, after notice and public hearing, determine and publicize the specifications for uniform types of warning signs, lights, and devices to be placed upon a highway by a person engaged in performing work that interferes with or endangers the safe movement of traffic upon that highway.
(c) Only those signs, lights, and devices as are provided for in this section shall be placed upon a highway to warn traffic of work that is being performed on the highway.
(d) Control devices or markings installed upon traffic barriers on or after January 1, 1984, shall conform to the uniform standards and specifications required by this section.
The prima facie limits are as follows and shall be applicable unless changed as authorized in this code and, if so changed, only when signs have been erected giving notice thereof:
(a) Fifteen miles per hour:
(1) When traversing a railway grade crossing, if during the last 100 feet of the approach to the crossing the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the crossing and of any traffic on the railway for a distance of 400 feet in both directions along the railway. This subdivision does not apply in the case of any railway grade crossing where a human flagperson is on duty or a clearly visible electrical or mechanical railway crossing signal device is installed but does not then indicate the immediate approach of a railway train or car.
(2) When traversing any intersection of highways if during the last 100 feet of the driver's approach to the intersection the driver does not have a clear and unobstructed view of the intersection and of any traffic upon all of the highways entering the intersection for a distance of 100 feet along all those highways, except at an intersection protected by stop signs or yield right-of-way signs or controlled by official traffic control signals.
(3) On any alley.
(b) Twenty-five miles per hour:
(1) On any highway, in any business or residence district unless a different speed is determined by local authority or the Department of Transportation under procedures set forth in this code.
(2) When approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit shall also apply when approaching or passing any school grounds which are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign. For purposes of this subparagraph, standard "SCHOOL" warning signs may be placed at any distance up to 500 feet away from school grounds.
(3) When passing a senior center or other facility primarily used by senior citizens, contiguous to a street other than a state highway and posted with a standard "SENIOR" warning sign. A local authority may erect a sign pursuant to this paragraph when the local agency makes a determination that the proposed signing should be implemented. A local authority may request grant funding from the Active Transportation Program pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2380) of Division 3 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any other grant funding available to it, and use that grant funding to pay for the erection of those signs, or may utilize any other funds available to it to pay for the erection of those signs, including, but not limited to, donations from private sources.
(a) Whenever the Department of Transportation determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of a state highway where the limit of 65 miles is applicable, the department may determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, or 15 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima facie speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the highway.
(b) This section shall become operative on the date specified in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
(a) Whenever a local authority determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey that the limit of 65 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe upon any portion of any street other than a state highway where the limit of 65 miles per hour is applicable, the local authority may by ordinance determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 60, 55, 50, 45, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, or 15 miles per hour, whichever is found most appropriate to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe, which declared prima facie limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon the street.
Section 22358.6 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:
The Department of Transportation shall, in the next scheduled revision, revise and thereafter maintain the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices to require the Department of Transportation or a local authority to round speed limits to the nearest five miles per hour of the 85th percentile of the free-flowing traffic. However, in cases in which the speed limit needs to be rounded up to the nearest five miles per hour increment of the 85th-percentile speed, the Department of Transportation or a local authority may decide to instead round down the speed limit to the lower five miles per hour increment. A local authority may additionally lower the speed limit as provided in Sections 22358.7 and 22358.8.
(a) If a local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, finds that the speed limit is still more than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare a prima facie speed limit that has been reduced an additional five miles per hour for either of the following reasons:
(1) The portion of highway has been designated as a safety corridor. A local authority shall not deem more than one-fifth of their streets as safety corridors.
(2) The portion of highway is adjacent to any land or facility that generates high concentrations of bicyclists or pedestrians, especially those from vulnerable groups such as children, seniors, persons with disabilities, and the unhoused.
(b) (1) As used in this section, "safety corridor" shall be defined by the Department of Transportation in the next revision of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. In making this determination, the department shall consider highways that have the highest number of serious injuries and fatalities based on collision data that may be derived from, but not limited to, the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall, in the next revision of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, determine what constitutes land or facilities that generate high concentrations of bicyclists and pedestrians, as used in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). In making this determination, the department shall consider density, road use type, and bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure present on a section of highway.
(c) A local authority may not lower a speed limit as authorized by this section until June 30, 2024, or until the Judicial Council has developed an online tool for adjudicating infraction violations statewide as specified in Article 7 (commencing with Section 68645) of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Government Code, whichever is sooner.
(d) A local authority shall issue only warning citations for violations of exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles per hour or less for the first 30 days that a lower speed limit is in effect as authorized by this section.
(a) If a local authority, after completing an engineering and traffic survey, finds that the speed limit is still more than is reasonable or safe, the local authority may, by ordinance, retain the current speed limit or restore the immediately prior speed limit if that speed limit was established with an engineering and traffic survey and if a registered engineer has evaluated the section of highway and determined that no additional general purpose lanes have been added to the roadway since completion of the traffic survey that established the prior speed limit.
(b) This section does not authorize a speed limit to be reduced by any more than five miles per hour from the current speed limit nor below the immediately prior speed limit.
(c) A local authority shall issue only warning citations for violations of exceeding the speed limit by 10 miles per hour or less for the first 30 days that a lower speed limit is in effect as authorized by this section.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local authority may, by ordinance, determine and declare a 25 or 20 miles per hour prima facie speed limit on a highway contiguous to a business activity district when posted with a sign that indicates a speed limit of 25 or 20 miles per hour.
(2) The prima facie limits established under paragraph (1) apply only to highways that meet all of the following conditions:
(A) A maximum of four traffic lanes.
(B) A maximum posted 30 miles per hour prima facie speed limit immediately prior to and after the business activity district, if establishing a 25 miles per hour speed limit.
(C) A maximum posted 25 miles per hour prima facie speed limit immediately prior to and after the business activity district, if establishing a 20 miles per hour speed limit.
(b) As used in this section, a "business activity district" is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto that includes central or neighborhood downtowns, urban villages, or zoning designations that prioritize commercial land uses at the downtown or neighborhood scale and meets at least three of the following requirements in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive:
(1) No less than 50 percent of the contiguous property fronting the highway consists of retail or dining commercial uses, including outdoor dining, that open directly onto sidewalks adjacent to the highway.
(2) Parking, including parallel, diagonal, or perpendicular spaces located alongside the highway.
(3) Traffic control signals or stop signs regulating traffic flow on the highway, located at intervals of no more than 600 feet.
(4) Marked crosswalks not controlled by a traffic control device.
(c) A local authority shall not declare a prima facie speed limit under this section on a portion of a highway where the local authority has already lowered the speed limit as permitted under Sections 22358.7 and 22358.8.
(a) A "speed trap" is either of the following:
(1) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance.
(2) A particular section of a highway with a prima facie speed limit that is provided by this code or by local ordinance under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 22352, or established under Section 22354, 22357, 22358, or 22358.3, if that prima facie speed limit is not justified by an engineering and traffic survey conducted within five years prior to the date of the alleged violation, and enforcement of the speed limit involves the use of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects. This paragraph does not apply to a local street, road, school zone, senior zone, or business activity district.
(b) (1) For purposes of this section, a local street or road is one that is functionally classified as "local" on the "California Road System Maps," that are approved by the Federal Highway Administration and maintained by the Department of Transportation. It may also be defined as a "local street or road" if it primarily provides access to abutting residential property and meets the following three conditions:
(A) Roadway width of not more than 40 feet.
(B) Not more than one-half of a mile of uninterrupted length. Interruptions shall include official traffic control signals as defined in Section 445.
(C) Not more than one traffic lane in each direction.
(2) For purposes of this section, "school zone" means that area approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof that is contiguous to a highway and on which is posted a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. "School zone" also includes the area approaching or passing any school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children if that highway is posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign.
(3) For purposes of this section, "senior zone" means that area approaching or passing a senior center building or other facility primarily used by senior citizens, or the grounds thereof that is contiguous to a highway and on which is posted a standard "SENIOR" warning sign, pursuant to Section 22352.
(4) For purposes of this section, "business activity district" means a section of highway described in subdivision (b) of Section 22358.9 in which a standard 25 miles per hour or 20 miles per hour speed limit sign has been posted pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of that section.
(c) (1) When all of the following criteria are met, paragraph (2) of this subdivision shall be applicable and subdivision (a) shall not be applicable:
(A) When radar is used, the arresting officer has successfully completed a radar operator course of not less than 24 hours on the use of police traffic radar, and the course was approved and certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
(B) When laser or any other electronic device is used to measure the speed of moving objects, the arresting officer has successfully completed the training required in subparagraph (A) and an additional training course of not less than two hours approved and certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
(C) (i) The prosecution proved that the arresting officer complied with subparagraphs (A) and (B) and that an engineering and traffic survey has been conducted in accordance with subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2). The prosecution proved that, prior to the officer issuing the notice to appear, the arresting officer established that the radar, laser, or other electronic device conformed to the requirements of subparagraph (D).
(ii) The prosecution proved the speed of the accused was unsafe for the conditions present at the time of alleged violation unless the citation was for a violation of Section 22349, 22356, or 22406.
(D) The radar, laser, or other electronic device used to measure the speed of the accused meets or exceeds the minimal operational standards of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and has been calibrated within the three years prior to the date of the alleged violation by an independent certified laser or radar repair and testing or calibration facility.
(2) A "speed trap" is either of the following:
(A) A particular section of a highway measured as to distance and with boundaries marked, designated, or otherwise determined in order that the speed of a vehicle may be calculated by securing the time it takes the vehicle to travel the known distance.
(B) (i) A particular section of a highway or state highway with a prima facie speed limit that is provided by this code or by local ordinance under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 22352, or established under Section 22354, 22357, 22358, or 22358.3, if that prima facie speed limit is not justified by an engineering and traffic survey conducted within one of the following time periods, prior to the date of the alleged violation, and enforcement of the speed limit involves the use of radar or any other electronic device that measures the speed of moving objects:
(I) Except as specified in subclause (II), seven years.
(II) If an engineering and traffic survey was conducted more than seven years prior to the date of the alleged violation, and a registered engineer evaluates the section of the highway and determines that no significant changes in roadway or traffic conditions have occurred, including, but not limited to, changes in adjoining property or land use, roadway width, or traffic volume, 14 years.
(ii) This subparagraph does not apply to a local street, road, or school zone, senior zone, or business activity district.


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Last year our members voted to increase the suggested monthly Culture Bank members fee from $10 per month to $20 per month for waged individuals.
This is only a suggested amount and it is at your discretion.
However, we would like people to know this decision was made in the hope that we can keep Culture Bank operating and to keep us all moving forward.
Obviously we more than welcome higher donations; and for those who are not in the position to gift much, we will certainly accept less.
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