Officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are set to resume parking enforcement throughout the county after it had been relaxed over the past eight months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued the “Safer at Home” order in an effort to combat the spread of COVID-19. Part of this order “brought to light” the need within the county for additional parking options as a result of more people staying at home more consistently, as well as a “new way to address parking enforcement across Los Angeles County.”
“Understanding the needs and challenges of those in the communities we serve, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Parking Enforcement Detail relaxed parking enforcement to help cope with parking availability and administrative concerns,” reads a statement issued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday.
However, the department is scheduled to resume parking enforcement operations beginning on Sunday, Nov. 15 as a result of “ new challenges to prepare for inclement winter weather.”
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“The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Parking Enforcement Detail will again issue citations and tow vehicles in the areas we serve across Los Angeles County,” Sunday’s statement reads. “To avoid receiving a parking citation or having a vehicle towed, we urge drivers to be mindful of this change.”
These resumed operations include enforcing posted street sweeping signs, citing and towing vehicles with an expired registration, and issuing red tag warnings for vehicles “parked illegally, blocking public or emergency access such as alleyways, fire hydrants, driveways, and sidewalks, blocking or interfering public right-of-way, or blocking other vehicles.”
“Red tag warnings will be issued to vehicles parked on the street not displaying signs of movement, including excessive dirt, debris underneath and around the tires, flat tires, missing parts, and vandalism,” Sunday’s statement reads. “If the vehicle has not been moved after 72 hours or three days, a citation for Abandonment Prohibited – 22523(a)(b) CVC will be issued and an additional 48 hours or two days will be given. If the vehicle still has not been moved, it will be towed, per 22651(k) CVC.”
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