Comments on: Park[ing] Day LA Coming September 18

By: soapboxla

soapboxla — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:04:49 +0000

Good question re: the citation. My answer is “No!” The LAPD would arrive and turn it over to the LADOT who would not be able to enforce. They would call Street Services or Building & Safety and that would get a response on the following Monday. If the LAPD were to intervene, they would be hard pressed to find the “jaywalking” violation on the books. Inappropriate use of the parking space? Back to DOT and the B & S.

Last year, the LAPD and the LADOT who encountered parks found it a hoot. One would have to try too hard to find an opportunity to cite and in this budget and crime environment, that would be unfortunate.

By: Matt Mason

Matt Mason — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:01:57 +0000

Thanks soapbox, good info! BTW, my question about citation had to do with the people occupying the parking spaces, not about cars that obviously aren’t there. That’s why I was wondering if LAPD could (and, more importantly, would) issue citations to the people for some kind of improper occupation of public streets (or jaywalking or demonstrating without a permit or who knows what?), or perhaps arrest them and take them and their “parks” away.

By: soapboxla

soapboxla — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:36:48 +0000

The upside of Park[ing] Day LA is that we get to have great discussions of how it works…or in the case of park[ing] on the street, how it doesn’t work.

The LAPD wouldn’t be responsible for any of the Park[ing] Day LA activities, that would fall on the LADOT’s park[ing] enforcement department. Of course, without a VIN, they can hardly cite and tow so it would get referred to Street Use and they will respond within 24 hours, unless it’s a furlough day, but probably by Monday.

Further clouding the issue is the fact that park[ing] spaces are for vehicles and bikes aren’t vehicles yet cyclists have all the rights and responsibilities so can’t they park in a park[ing]space…It will take them another week to find the code book and the decoder ring. By then, the temproary parks will have grown roots and we’ll have changed the world!

LA’s code was written by people who rode the stagecoach to work and it has gotten more complicated and contradictory since then.

Which is the purpose of Park[ing] Day LA. It’s time for a robust discussion of public space and the fact that we position 7 park[ing] spaces for every vehicle in LA County as the God-given right of every motorist and then we turn to the kids in our neighborhoods and explain “there is simply no more room for parkland!”

“See you on the Streets!”

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By: Lucinda Michele

Lucinda Michele — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:20:23 +0000

I agree with a35mmlife. It’s going to see really cool to see happen here.

By: a35mmlife

a35mmlife — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:54:00 +0000

seen this in other cities… never LA. kinda cant wait to see how LA handles it…