What is the name of your state? California
There is a parking law in LA, CA (80.73.2) that says a car cannot be parked on a street for more than 72 hours. I only know about it now because a friend left town for work for two weeks, parked it otherwise legally on the street, and returned to find it was called in as abandoned (even though it was in good shape.) She had to pay $884 plus the ticket to get it out of the pound. This concerns me especially because it means that anyone without a parking spot in their building, like me, can't leave town for more than three days. And I just happen to be lucky to know about this law. It's not listed in my drivers handbook and on the amended law (5/16/06) it says they either: have to publish the new law in a daily newspaper or for 10 days in 3 public places which include 3 bulletin board postings in City Hall. It's ridiculous to assume that the average person would see it. The law and the lack of getting the information to us is unfair and out of touch.
So, here are my questions:
1. How would I go about changing the law to suit the needs of many LA residents? (for example, rather than a written notice that it's impounded, which someone out of town can't receive, a call to the owner when it's originally called in.)
2. How can I find out why this law was put into place? (I'm not seeing anything on-line about the case.)
Thank you for your time.
There is a parking law in LA, CA (80.73.2) that says a car cannot be parked on a street for more than 72 hours. I only know about it now because a friend left town for work for two weeks, parked it otherwise legally on the street, and returned to find it was called in as abandoned (even though it was in good shape.) She had to pay $884 plus the ticket to get it out of the pound. This concerns me especially because it means that anyone without a parking spot in their building, like me, can't leave town for more than three days. And I just happen to be lucky to know about this law. It's not listed in my drivers handbook and on the amended law (5/16/06) it says they either: have to publish the new law in a daily newspaper or for 10 days in 3 public places which include 3 bulletin board postings in City Hall. It's ridiculous to assume that the average person would see it. The law and the lack of getting the information to us is unfair and out of touch.
So, here are my questions:
1. How would I go about changing the law to suit the needs of many LA residents? (for example, rather than a written notice that it's impounded, which someone out of town can't receive, a call to the owner when it's originally called in.)
2. How can I find out why this law was put into place? (I'm not seeing anything on-line about the case.)
Thank you for your time.
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