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Los Angeles Parking Violation Bureau review: Fraudulent Parking Ticket 46

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Recently we received a notice of delinquent parking ticket from Los Angeles parking bureau. We live in Sacramento and never visited Los Angeles, and it concerned me that we received this notice. What concerned me even more is that the information about our vehicle was not all correct. It was partially correct, but not all of it matched. I wrote a letter requesting further investigation of this matter to the LA PVB, and when I called to request the original receipt of the parking ticket, the representative on the phone stated that the case was closed and dismissed. My complaint/request is that when writing out parking tickets, or tickets in general, for officers to be a little bit more careful and make sure to get all the information correct because issues arise if someone who was not intended to receive the notice receives it, which may lead to an unpaid ticket and possible collections issues for the intended recipient.

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albert9311
Los Angeles, US
Sep 28, 2009 12:53 am EDT

Hello everyone
I had my car towed because of tickets issued to a previous owner (actually it was two owners ago). Later they changed the story and said it was towed because of expired plates. The plates were expired, but I had a temporary operating permit clearly posted. At the boot/tow hearing they insisted that there was no TOP on the car and that’s why it was towed. I went to the towing company, and luckily they had taken a photo of the car when they towed in that clearly showed the permit. I spoke with the district attorney’s office and they were anxious to do something about this. Unfortunately, for them to go after a government agency would require several complaints so it could “be treated as a class action suit”. If anyone out there has received a bogus parking ticket and would like to see something done about this, please email me your story, along with your name and a contact number.

Thanks

Albert
albert9311@yahoo.com

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la parking senforcement scam
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Sep 24, 2009 4:53 pm EDT

Los Angeles Parking Enforcement is a SCAM! It has been known for a long time that this is one of the easiest ways for the city to make money, as most citizens dont contest the tickets because of time or money concerns. So Los Angeles Parking Enforcement officers issue fraudulent tickets all the time, it is a known and documented practice. While some of these tickets are contested, the majority is not!

p.s.
anyone who tries to give you "valid" reasons for working as a parking enforcement officer is full of it! these people enjoy doing this, they enjoy seeing other people's suffering.

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Huang
Los Angeles, US
Sep 18, 2009 1:09 am EDT

I got a parking ticket in City of L.A. couple days ago. I was very pissed off because the ticket was cited mistakenly. City employee officer Sanabria (SN#: 2908) cited me an wrong expired meter ticket.

The traffic violation was mistakenly issued under the wrong parking space. I had my vehicle parked on space 858 while Officer Sanabria mistakenly checked the parking meter for space 857.

I called LAPVB to see if the officer can stop by to verify that I didn't park on parking space 857, but they refused to cooperate with me. They said for the safety of the officer, we don't send them out there. What kinda of ### is this? We civilian are stuck with this BS bureaucratic system. Please email me if you have any opinions about my issue.

My email is rebate88@gmail.com

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squiggly_spooch
, US
Aug 22, 2009 3:52 am EDT

There is no where to go to complain. There is no way to get your money back. It is a racquet and California is getting out of hand. They are using traffic violations and parking tickets as revenue for the city. My auto registration has more than doubled in the past couple of years. I bought a NEW car in 2006 and here I am being penalized for "stimulating" the economy and driving a fuel efficient car. We are here for them to extort money so they can line their pockets.

I propose that because money is the only thing that talks, people start withholding their taxes until April. It's really not that hard, just put 25% of the check in another account. If they think they can just arbitrarily set outrageously high "fees" for bulls**t violations and totally have us over a barrel then a large number of people not contributing to the bottomless pit that is our corrupt gov't might make them knock it the hell off!

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horatiofran
Hermosa Beach, US
Apr 27, 2009 3:19 pm EDT

Listen to this outrageous tale. I parked my car underneath a sign that said "2 Hour Parking, Meter Enforced 9 AM to 5 PM, Free Parking All Other Times". I had to run into the bank and it was about 8:30 AM at the time, so I did not fill the meter. Upon returning, there was a parking enforcement officer in the process of filling out a ticket. I pointed out the sign right above my car and the officer checked her watch and agreed with me that there was no cause for a ticket so she tore it up and threw it into the trash. I subsequently had to leave town for about 6 weeks and when I got back, there were a couple of notices in my mail regarding an outstanding parking violation. I wrote up an extensive report including photographs of the sign and pointed out that a ticket would not have been issued to me at 8:55 AM when the rule does not apply until 9:00 AM. They returned my challenge stating that because I had "waited" over 21 days from the citation, I was no longer eligible to challenge my ticket. After 6 months of arguing with them on the phone, I finally paid the $126 that I never should have owed. Is there somewhere I can go and complain and try to get this money back?

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j hanron
Roseville, US
Mar 24, 2009 1:31 am EDT

We also received City of Los Angeles Parking tickets (2). We are Seniors living in Sacramento area. My
Husband has COPD and has been recouperating from Major Surgery. We, or our car were never in Los Angeles and the car was never out of our site or control and we do not lend it to anyone!
We requested the original tickets, one was hand written with Historical Vehicle on it, no VIN number and our personalized plate! The next ticket said under vehicle make (Other), with a different expiration date of the sticker and again no VIN#.
I looked up the addresses of the tickets. It turns out to be a BAR in Hollywood called BIRDS. Not a likely place for a 70 year old!
We got no cooperation from the people who do the administration of these tickets. First they told us to pay them then we could challenge them! Then we said no we are on a fixed income and can't pay, besides we don't owe them. Then they made us fill out a "financial statement" and waived the up front payment and said we could have an evaluation of the situation by an "Ombudsman". That was a joke. He said "Historical vehicle does not mean anything! wrong info on the ticket means nothing! No VIN# means nothing! The next paperwork from them stated they looked up the license plate at the DMV and it belonged to us! (Duh), and we have to pay or our car will be booted and no renewal until it is paid. Meanwhile, fees are stacking up.
What is to prevent them from putting anyone's license plate number on a ticket with no VIN, wrong vehicle description or no description and extorting them to pay? I looked up the Vehicle code for Historical Vehicle which states the Vehicle must be 1965 or older! Ours is a 2003! It is obvious to anyone taking a look at these tickets, it is not ours. Someone is driving around Hollywood with an Historical vehicle plate with our initials on it they propably had made online. If we pay this, It means we will have to all of this guys tickets! What to do?

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