{"id":4188,"date":"2022-05-15T07:29:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T07:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/?page_id=4188"},"modified":"2022-05-20T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:45:05","slug":"california-left-turn-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/california-statutes\/california-statutes\/california-left-turn-law\/","title":{"rendered":"California Left Turn Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l36z6qnp-069009492e9efc4cc6c0e7942e1f122b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l36z6qnp-069009492e9efc4cc6c0e7942e1f122b{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l36z6qnp-069009492e9efc4cc6c0e7942e1f122b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l36z6qnp-069009492e9efc4cc6c0e7942e1f122b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:22px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading 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