Los Angeles Parking Freedom Initiative
Founder of the Los Angeles Parking Freedom Initiative; financial analyst
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Steven Vincent
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Which Way, L.A.?
Does Parking Punishment Fit the Crime? Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says his office is working with "stakeholders" to address frustrations about parking citations, which now average $68 a ticket and provided $161 million last year to the city's general fund. If there aren't satisfactory changes, the grassroots Los Angeles Parking Freedom Initiative says it will seek a vote of the people.
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The Cost of Parking This Sunday is Easter: a day of chocolate, jellybeans, sunshine and one of the busiest days of the year for public parks. And in Orange County, parks officials have decided to charge higher parking rates on the holiday. Here in L.A., a similar move: this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti released his first budget. Part of his plan to bring in more revenue is to issue more parking tickets. Now in Los Angeles, two men are suing the city because they say parking tickets are unconstitutionally expensive.
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