Not if you take the walk signal to mean "it's safe to cross right now," which is not the case if you're on the curb and there's one second left. You also clear

Not if you take the walk signal to mean "it's safe to cross right now," which is not the case if you're on the curb and there's one second left. You also clearly haven't spent much time in L.A...many of these signs flash the walk signal for literally 2 or 3 seconds before beginning the 20 second red countdown.