The city has a budget gap, and the Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is looking to one constituency to help fill that shortfall: street parking scofflaws. Most Angelenos have probably been dinged with a ticket a time or two, but there's one group of people who are probably even more likely to get tickets: renters whose apartments don't come with enough parking spaces. more ›

Stock up on quarters. Not all L.A. parking meters are credit-card equipped and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is seeking to add another $10 onto parking ticket fines. more ›

Gram Ponante, a writer who focuses on the adult entertainment industry, had a question yesterday, so he tweeted it: "If I've seen the street sweeper go past, is it then legal to park on those streets on sweep days?" We suspected the answer would be no, considering the organization it would take the city to make that actually work, and looked to the L.A. Department of Transportation for an answer. more ›

It's nice when a city understands that the chaos of a storm severely affects people and that moving your car to avoid a ticket might not be the reality. This morning, the city of Long Beach's media officer sent this out: "The City of Long Beach is requesting that you post this information online as soon as possible, in the hopes of still reaching people. No Street Sweeping Tickets will be Issued on Friday, Jan. 22." more ›

USC Broadcast Journalism student Matt Schrader has spent the last three months investigating parking tickets issued for violating street sweeping hours. He finds that tickets are often given on days when sweepers never come by. No surprise there. more ›

How silly. Here on this cul de sac in Sherman Oaks sat glass for nearly four weeks as street sweepers went by every Thursday. You can even see the vehicle's damp tire tracks going around the debris in the above photo. more ›