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San Jose DOT outlines staffing increases, new expired-registration team and expanded Olive enforcement
Summary
City transportation staff presented a comprehensive parking-enforcement status report detailing a phased shift from low-impact time-limited enforcement to prioritized programs (expired-registration enforcement and Olive/OSPES programs), staffing growth from 48.5 to 55.5 FTE and early results including 527 tows and 552 citations in the first 12 weeks of expired-registration enforcement.
San Jose ' The Transportation and Environment Committee received a comprehensive update on the city's parking compliance programs, where Department of Transportation officials described new enforcement priorities, staffing increases and early enforcement outcomes.
John Risto, director of the Department of Transportation, introduced the briefing and said the department would describe staffing, deployment and FY24-25 outcomes before outlining FY25-26 programs. "The Department of Transportation's parking compliance unit, or PCU, operates 247365," Deputy Director Heather Hochia said, explaining a layered model of multiple specialized teams aimed at improving citywide coverage and compliance.
The presentation described six teams that handled general safety and illegal parking enforcement (proactive citywide patrols, evening/overnight patrols, downtown/meter enforcement, residential permit parking enforcement, time-limited enforcement and a…
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