LA councilman calls for $1,500 in parking ticket relief for homeless

The bill would require processing agencies to offer qualified people payment plans for unpaid parking citations. It would also require the agency to forgive at least $1,500 in parking fines annuall…

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson introduced a resolution Tuesday to support a state Assembly bill that would require cities to create a parking ticket relief program for unhoused people.

Harris-Dawson noted in his motion that 10,300 people were living in their vehicles throughout Los Angeles in 2020, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority’s count. The Assembly bill is aimed at relieving people experiencing homelessness from parking fines that may contribute to them losing their vehicle and not finding housing.

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