yeah, but I called the Montebello Police department today, who, btw, is very nice. The police told me 80% of the fee goes to the state. And they don't like the ticket either. The state is raising the fees on the tickets as well. I asked them if they will show up at the court, they said they have three people dedicated to the red light camera and will show up at the court.
I asked the police regarding the high fine. They said they can't reduce it but the judge can. I need to request it at the arraignment. He actually gave me a big help because I was going to wait until the trial to ask for fee reduced. Give the judge a good reason like I was making a right turn and not running straight through the red lights. Cars in other lanes were turning left and there were no pedestrians around so I was not endangering the public safety.
My letter is in the original message. the form is here https://calcourtforms.com/forms/ca/jc/pos040a.pdf
You don't have to print out every page. I don't think you need to print out the 3rd page.

