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New Parking Ticket Law Protects Drivers

By Steven Rodriguez

In the grand scheme of things, parking tickets would seem to be a fairly minor annoyance. But in parking-challenged Los Angeles and other California cities, tickets can mount up and quickly move from the realm of little problem to big trouble. The parking ticket issue has gotten more than a bit murky in California. Until recent passage of a new law, private parking enforcement companies “served as judge, jury, and executioner when distributing violations,” charged State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, the bill’s sponsor. “If a company profits from distributing a greater number of parking infractions, there is no incentive to act justly by allowing for a fair appeals process.” Numerous California cities and counties contract with private for-profit  companies to handle parking enforcement...continue to full post

Full post as published by LA Criminal Defense Blog on May 28, 2008 (boomark / email).