The Los Angeles Downtown News agrees "The next step in this battle is obvious: City officials should back off the stance that those who park at broken meters deserve tickets." Highlights and a link to their entire article are below.
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Parking is a long-enduring problem in Los Angeles, and the issue can be thornier in Downtown than in almost every other part of the city. That’s why the fight over whether drivers should be ticketed for stopping at a broken meter is a good thing. Yes, in this case the fight is a positive...
...The issue garnered notoriety in December, when the City Council voted 12-1 to make the no parking stricture a permanent policy...
...Then, this month, state Assemblyman Mike Gatto introduced a bill that would block the city’s move — in other words, his effort would counter a city law that responded to a loophole in a state law...
...The city’s logic goes like this: If you let people avoid fines at broken meters, then they’ll break meters to save money. That will mean lost parking fees for the city as well as having to pay for meter repair.
It’s a concern, but, really, is it enough of a concern to prompt this overreaction?...
© Los Angeles Downtown News 2012 - You can read this story and more at the Los Angeles Downtown News HERE
Mike Gatto is the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the California State Assembly. He represents the cities of Burbank, Glendale, La Canada-Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, and portions of the Hollywood Hills and East Hollywood. www.asm.ca.gov/gatto
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