Los Angeles Parking Violation Bureau reviews and complaints

i too am a victim of what i know see clearly as endemic and systematic fraud on the part of ladot. my story mirrors many others. i went to the la traffic website to pay a ticket i received on 5/15 for parking on fairfax av on a sunday in a metered spot without paying, as sunday parking has been free there and most everywhere else for the 38 years ive been licensed in CA i never even looked at the posted signage as i ran into canters for what turned out to be a $80.00 corned beef sandwich but hey, my bad. upon my return to my car i discovered not one but two tickets on my windscreen and only then looked up to find that sunday parking is no longer free. that's progress, i suppose. so my front plate was lost and missing and of course the temporary permit that is current and designed to indicate my vehicle is being legally operated without plates and stuck to the rear window made no difference to the over zealous meter functionary. so i was ticketed twice. upon my return and realizing i cant pay the ticket immediately as it takes overnight for the ticket to hit the system, i wait the requisite day and logon to their barely functioning and yet collusive website to pay, and see a dialog box asking me which citations i'd like to pay with THREE! violations currently attributed to my vehicle. i stare with incredulity and immediately mutter "WTF?!", as i KNOW i never got a ticket on the day, and at the address of this "SUPPOSED" violation on ventura blvd, and it's dated 4/22/11, almost over the 21 day period that one is graciously afforded by the city to dispute this fraudulent ###. nevertheless, i refuse to pay the PHANTOM TICKET! while the dispute process begins. i then go check my banking records which always help me to figure out when/where i was on any given day, and realize that the very day in question i was indeed on ( Yes..) ventura blvd and had parked in a metered spot that was blinking "FAILED", and went about my business, which was EIGHT (8!) blocks away from this supposed "VIOLATION for parking in a WHITE ZONE athough since i wasn't actually TICKETED! i dont know when the supposed violation occurred time wise but when i went to check the address of the supposed violation listed and measured it against where in fact i did my business ( credit card receipt also..) it was then i discovered that it was indeed over 8 blocks away.

i knew instinctively, that i was a victim of fraud on the part of this traffic enforcement bureau and i then began to search the web, and found this site which is rife with identical anecdotal evidence that this fraud is being perpetuated on a MASS SCALE, here in broke ### los angeles.

so now i await their administrative review BS with little faith i will be vindicated as it's my word agains theirs, and again, this is endemic/systematic fraud, so we shall see but i wont be in the least surprise to be stuck with fines for fraudulent ticket(s).

i wish there were more i/we? could do. this is obviously revenue generating fraud and needs to be exposed.
any advice or contact info as to how to rattle cages locally?

at least i'm venting in a sympathetic room. thanks!

This is a constant repeat of the same thing. If you get an invalid parking ticket, request a review, they ALWAYS Everytime say its valid. They IGNORE the evidence completely. This has happened 3 times. Once a completely defaced street cleaning sign you could not see the day on, took a photo. Once , a "red curb" that wasn't a red curb, and that I parked at for months, Again NOT red. Regular grey curb. Took.a photo. And currently as I'm writing this now , a preferential parking ticket., with literally no sign in sight, I took a picture and all three times the same result I get a letter in the mail saying the parking ticket was found valid. Currently I'm reading how it claims that there is a visible sign where I was parked in reality there is no sign at all. I took a picture of my car on the day. That was clear as day showing that there was no sign., I submitted it with the evidence and yet here we are claiming that there was a sign when there wasn't. This is FRAUD. and to make matters worse.when they complete your review if you want to continue to fight the ticket, you cannot do it unless you pay for the ticket which makes a whole lot of sense right? You have to pay a fine for something you didn't do just to prove you didn't do it . and guess what if you submit proof that you didn't do it without paying the fine, they will not even consider looking at the proof. How is this even legal? We honestly at this point need to just shut down the entire Los Angeles parking enforcement department either that or there needs to be an internal investigation into the fraud they're committing.

I saw this officer R. Wright gave out parking ticket not at the time and location where violation happened.
I received two bogus tickets one on feb 11, the other on March 11, 2017 at the same spot. The first review officer says no enough info which I uploaded 3 photos and never notify me for more info, the 2 ruled valid that I uploaded 3 photos, also I submitted 3 more in person which clearly showed I lined up along the right curb within 18", how could the review officer not see it with date, time and location? Why it ruled it as valid?

Hahaha. So funny, your story was so similar to mine, I thought I must have written it drunk and forgot. Same thing here. I live in SF (car is registered in Sacramento). My notice of delinquent ticket only had my license plate number correct. The make, model, color were completely different. I had also not been to Los Angelas in 2 years and the ticket was issued on my mother's birthday. On my mother's birthday I was in lake Tahoe and even happend to have a picture of my family and I with my car and the liscence plate in the background. I wrote them to clear it (explaining the situation and that the car information was incorrect). I got a notice in the mail that it was cleared and that the ticket would be dropped. Two weeks later I got another notice of a ticket in the mail from the same company, but this time they corrected the mistakes for the description of my car with what I told them. I realized that by contesting the ticket, I actually just gave them the information that the needed to try and scam me again sometime. Now their database has the correct info. BEWARE of this SCAM!. Also, always makesure to check the address and website URL. If it is a .gov url, you know it is legit. Also if the address is for a PO Box then that should be enough of a red flag.

I too have received at least one parking ticket literally 2-5 minutes after parking in a "permit-only" neighborhood. I will freely admit that I was wrong, but the size and placement and color of these "neighborhood signs" definitely needs to be improved. I am supplying this rapid response from parking enforcement because I do live in a single family home, and every Monday we have street cleaning. Every Monday there are cars parked on Taft Avenue 90068, and every Monday, the LA Parking Enforcement Vehicles, which are normally cruising this neighborhood all the time, are mysteriously not seen, and cars go un-ticketed and continue to park on the street, and the street looks horrible because of street cleaners having to go around these parked cars. So on Monday, 4/4/16 at 8:38AM I called LA Parking Enforcement to see what could be done out front of my home, since Street Sweepers are constantly having to go around the parked cars. Nearly an hour later no ticket had been issued to the car, and that is very mysterious since the Parking Patrol vehicles are always seen on every other day, but on the day they are actually to be patrolling streets with certain hours of No Parking, they are nowhere to be seen. I called LA Parking Enforcement and spoke to Operator 129, who was rude, interrupting me, and then cut me off and placed me in the black hole of being on hold. After several minutes on hold, realizing how he was never going to come back on the line, I disconnected. I understand the complaints on this board seem to pertain to people who have received questionable tickets, but keep in mind the fact that Parking Enforcement is also doing a sub-par job when they don't issue tickets to vehicles who are obviously and blatantly not abiding by the parking rules, just like the rest of us. So if they are issuing bogus tickets, and then not even issuing tickets when they are told to by LA Municipal Code i.e. street cleaning days, then just what are the LA taxpayers paying their wage for? LA Parking Enforcement Operators are rude, interrupting, and act they are being put out when called with a parking enforcement violation. I am now keeping a photo journal, call log, and downloading the home video security camera footage for when I can mail it all to my City Council Person and let them see the concrete evidence of why the LA Parking Enforcement Bureau is seriously lacking in there approach to innocent people simply making a call, and doing their job.

On 7/25/15, while driving by The Forum in Inglewood, CA. I was stopped at a crosswalk by a traffic officer (man in fluorescent vest) to let pedestrians cross at the crosswalk into the Forum for the Phish concert. There was one car in front of me and numerous cars behind me. While I was stopped, another man in a fluorescent vest took pictures of every license plate that was waiting for the pedestrians to cross. This man then yelled to a group of people also in fluorescent vests, sitting on the sidewalk… “I got like 100 of these now!” From my car, I asked why he took a picture of my plate and he pointed out a temporary sign that said “no parking”. At this point I still couldn’t move forward because the car in front of me was still being stopped and people were still crossing. I then started taking pictures with my cellphone. The group of people in fluorescent vests sitting on the sidewalk started laughing and taunting me for taking pictures. When our line of cars was finally allowed to pass, I tried to appeal to a police officer that was busy eating in his car and just waved me on. I wasn’t pulled over, I wasn’t stopped at a curb, I wasn’t parked or attempting to park, I didn’t leave my car and I was stopped by a traffic officer and numerous pedestrians. Further, on the violation “Signs or painted curb (except blue/red)” is checked for $55, however handwritten is “signs no stopping/park”. There is no signature by an officer on the ticket. By the time they sent me the ticket, penalties had already started to accrue. I contested it and a "supervisor" found it to be a valid ticket that I still had to pay. In order to appeal further, I have to pay the ticket and then they'll decide if they will refund me. Scam scam scam in Inglewood, CA!

i got a ticket on [protected] unfair I think I parked my car in front of a fire hydrant where is not marked as red zone also the hydrant is dusty it looks like is not longer in service I took some pics. but I can not sent them to you I don not know why I hope someone reply my msge. that way I can sent pics to prove it that my ticket is illegal!

I got a ticket last sunday [protected] because I parked my car in front of a fire hydrant which is not marked red zone it looks the hydrant dusty etc. no longer in use I tried to sent pics. but I could not the address was given the ticket is 9332 Van Nuys Blvd.

I got a ticket last sunday [protected] because I parked the car in front of fire hydrant which is marked or painted as red zone it looks the hydrant is no longer in use is dusty etc.i want to sent some picture to provete but I can not it was at 9332 Van Nuys Blvd. North Hills ca.

I was given a ticket and had my haddicap placard up they told me to send in my proof and paiy 25.00 i did and they sent me a second ticket saying that i owed them 125.00 when i called they said the paper work wasnt on time i then sent proof they cashed my check with the date before the due date and the paper work was with it how could it be late they said nothing they could do and they dont have a complaint center so im out of 150.00 for doing nothing this is ridiculous people cant afford these scams and we ask why the world is out of wack we cant even trust our on cities.

I received a parking violation-80.61-no parking in an alley-city of LA. There were signs on north side of the alley saying no parking-not my side. A homemade sign on someone's fence next to my car saying "Acc. to Gennady Shtern (Admin Hearing Examiner/Ombudsman, LADOT, Office of Regulatory Services) Based on a Previous Investigation the parking space at ____ is LEGAL...on the south side of the st." Other cars were also parked on the south side.

I have just been trying to research it and it looks like I might be screwed. LADOT has no mercy. But it was just really confusing and all things point to me being allowed to park there, acc. to city signs and that random homemade sign.

It was $55 on my windshield, I called the number that they have a couple weeks later, but it wasnt in their system. A week after I called, I received a notice in the mail that its $68. Weird. It's not like its $200 but its still a lot of money and its the principle behind all this legal thievery that makes me disgusted.