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Resident says parking-enforcement denied sick excuse after district cleaning; requests review
Summary
Amaka Don, a 63-year-old resident and longtime community member, told the council she received two tickets after missing a scheduled street-cleaning move due to illness and said a parking-enforcement officer told her "sickness doesn't count." She asked the council for assistance; a councilmember said staff would look into the matter.
Amaka Don told the Lancaster City Council she received two parking-enforcement citations after she missed a district cleaning sweep while ill and that the parking-enforcement officer she called said "sickness doesn't count." Don, an adjunct professor at Antelope Valley College and a longtime Lancaster resident, said she was home sick overnight and could not move her car before the sweep.
"I contacted the parking enforcement telling them that I was so sick... and the guy I spoke with told me that sickness doesn't count," Don said during public comment. She said she later received two tickets and asked the council to review the citations and offer guidance. "I think Turley's is gonna figure out a way to make that go away," a councilmember said in response, indicating staff would follow up.
Don identified herself as a citizen who has lived and worked in Lancaster for more than two decades and said she contributes to the city through teaching and civic involvement. The transcript records no staff response with details about appeals procedures or the outcome of Don's request.
No formal action or vote on enforcement policy was recorded in the meeting; the council did not adopt changes to parking enforcement during the session. The transcript does not record whether Don's tickets were later rescinded or whether an administrative appeal was filed.
