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Fullerton residents urge council to waive mass overnight-parking citations, cite lack of signage
Summary
Residents from multiple blocks told the Fullerton City Council they awoke Feb. 5 to mass $40 citations and said no signs marked overnight-parking limits; speakers asked the city to waive fines, improve signage and reconsider permit limits. City staff described a long-standing ordinance and a $50 pilot permit program through Dec. 2025.
Dozens of Fullerton residents told the City Council they were surprised to find $40 parking citations on their windshields after overnight enforcement in early February, saying there were no signs on affected blocks and that enforcement appeared uneven.
"What we also found out is that there is no overnight parking in the city of Fullerton," Victor Cortez said, describing several households on his block that received tickets and asking, "Where are we going to park?" Veronica Dale and other neighbors said they found no posted signs on Tamarac, Elm, Ash and surrounding streets and that efforts to reach police yielded little help.
The concern spread through public comment: multiple speakers said the city posts signs at municipal entry points rather than on every regulated block, that the residential program limits households to two permits and that some older residents and renters had not been adequately notified.
Planning and public-safety staff answered during council time that the city's overnight-parking ordinance dates to the 1970s and that the posted signs are at city entrances. City staff said a residential permit pilot program launched in 2024 costs $50 for 18 months (through December 2025) and allows permits for renters who can document residency. Staff also described a process for block exemptions that requires a threshold of property-owner support and said there is an administrative avenue to seek ticket waivers through the police department.
Several speakers asked the council to use available processes to waive tickets issued on Feb. 5 and to expand or improve outreach and on-street signage so residents are aware of restrictions in the future. Mayor Pro Tem Charles and the city manager said staff would follow up with the police department, the traffic unit and the active-transportation committee and review signage and permit implementation.
The council did not vote on an immediate amnesty; staff were instructed to work with residents and report back on outreach, signage, permit implementation and appeal procedures.
The council moved on to the night's agenda after hearing the public and directing staff to follow up with residents and law-enforcement personnel.
