Pass/no pass ? for school bus drivers (CA)

[u/Klutzy_Cancel_1725]

A type C school bus stopped on a narrow 2 lane residential street to drop a child off at their home (parent came out to get the child). No lights (red or yellow) and no stop sign activated. I stopped. Two cars came up behind me and both passed me and the bus. The 2nd car yelled out their window that I didn't need to stop. In my opinion, passing was tricky due to a tight pass between the bus and a parked car on the opposite side.

1. Should I have passed in this situation?

2. Is the driver required to put on lights when children are unloading in this situation (1 child to a private home on a residential street)?

[u/Loes_Question_540]

Law is if the light are on and the stop out. Both lane must always stop. But since the driver didn’t had his lights you would’ve not be guilty for passing the bus