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Staff seeks higher parking fines to improve compliance; council weighs timing and equity
Summary
Staff recommended raising several parking citation amounts to align with neighboring cities and to reduce repeat violations; councilmembers debated whether to delay full implementation because of the program's recent start and local affordability concerns.
City staff proposed raising East Palo Alto—ureau of parking citation fees that were last updated in 2015, arguing the current fines are lower than neighboring jurisdictions and therefore less effective at changing parking behavior.
Denise Garcia said the staff recommendation would raise standard parking violations (for example, parking in crosswalks or no-parking zones) to $45 to match regional…
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