Stanton officials are joining a growing list of Orange County cities trying to keep their streets safer by curbing reckless e-bike riding as Newport Beach officials plan to debate stricter rules on electric bicycles.

Newport Beach officials are also banning riding the bike at one of the city’s elementary school playgrounds.

“There’s been a bit of a rise in accidents related to e-bikes, not only in Stanton, but across the county,” said Cesar Rangel, Stanton’s director of Public Works and Engineering, at Tuesday’s city council meeting.

“In addition, they’ve also been mal-use in our city parks, and so this code will help us to enforce those laws in our parks and our trails as well.”

Officials are tightening regulations on e-bikes in the two cities on the heels of Gov. Gavin Newsom signing

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