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Budget Driven Parking Enforcement Must End

Please read our latest blog posting, "Budget Driven Parking Enforcement Must End". This is our response to the Mayor's new budget which seeks to increase revenues from parking fines and adds 50 more parking enforcement officers to the city payroll.

Please read our latest blog posting, "Budget Driven Parking Enforcement Must End".  This is our response to the Mayor's new budget which seeks to increase revenues from parking fines and adds 50 more parking enforcement officers to the city payroll.

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Budget Driven Parking Enforcement Must End

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposed budget for 2014-2015 includes increased revenue from the collection of parking fines and the addition of 50 additional parking enforcement officers.  Budget-driven parking enforcement policy is a big issue with Angelenos these days.  Unfortunately, it appears that the Mayor has chosen to continue along the beaten path of aggressive ticketing as a budgetary salve.

Everyone can agree that parking enforcement is necessary to a well-managed city environment. No one wants to see parking spots in a commercial district hogged all day, fire hydrants blocked or handicap spaces abused.   But what happens when the Parking Enforcement office of the Department of Transportation gets sent a revenue bill from the City?

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