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Lodi improvement committee backs halt to ticketing of downtown employees, will press City Council to clarify permits
Summary
After testimony from a downtown employee who presented a 186-signature petition, the Lodi Improvement Committee voted to recommend that City Council temporarily cease ticketing verified downtown employees and clarify permit-versus-public parking rules. The committee will bring the item to the next available council meeting.
A majority of the Lodi Improvement Committee voted April 14 to recommend that City Council temporarily stop ticketing verified downtown employees and clarify permit parking rules after hearing testimony from downtown employee Olivia Miller.
Miller told the committee she and other downtown workers have been ticketed while on the clock and described safety problems walking to vehicles at night, including a 2023 break-in. "We're getting tickets while we're at work which is thousands of dollars in tickets employees are paying while supporting the economy of Lodi,"…
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