Apparently a good place to start is to call the City Councilman for the district, Tom LaBonge. His Hollywood office is at 6501 Fountain Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90028

Main Line 323) 957-6415

Michelle 323) 957-6334

Adrin 323) 957-6335

Fax 323) 957-6477

Labonge@council.lacity.org

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Would love to attend a meeting re: restricted parking.

The neighborhoods that have seem happy. They haveit over by the Academy Theater and it is working. Found out cause I got a ticket for parking. Thought it was a fair ticket.

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Yes! How do we get restricted parking? If ever a neighborhood needed parking permits, this is the place.

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Now with the Crime Spree in it third month, maybe it is time to consider the idea of restricted parking in the neigborhood. Preferred parking for residents only and their guests. Two hour parking for the tourists, sightseers and recreation people during the day between 8:00 am and 6:00pm daily. After that time all vehicles should be required to display a residential parking permit. The tenous parking situation has always been an Achilles Heel to the neighborhood. Unsavory individuals can "case" the neighborhood while parked on the street. Parking enforcement would serve two purposes. One to cite unauthorized vehicles in the neighborhood and as a deterrent to prospective criminal activity. This action may or may not preserve the community and the way of life we have all come to enjoy and cherish. Though it would help to insure that anyone who is parked on the street at night belongs in the neighborhood.

Permit Parking didn't pass last time because the Franklin Strip Businesses were against it. Maybe the permit parking area should be adjusted to include more streets since this crime spree seems to have loose boundaries. You have just helped frame the discussion for the next meeting of the Beachwood Canyon Neighborhood Association. If you want to be invited via e-mail or be included in our Canyon-Wide Neighborhood Watch e-mail loop, write to CanyonVox@aol.com and you'll be added. The next meeting is on July 10th at 6PM at the Cheremoya Ave. Elementary School Auditorium. Crime and permit parking will be discussed with city folks there to answer our questions. Keep your comments coming in - this is GREAT!

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Would love to attend a meeting re: restricted parking.

The neighborhoods that have seem happy. They haveit over by the Academy Theater and it is working. Found out cause I got a ticket for parking. Thought it was a fair ticket.

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Yes! How do we get restricted parking? If ever a neighborhood needed parking permits, this is the place.

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Now with the Crime Spree in it third month, maybe it is time to consider the idea of restricted parking in the neigborhood. Preferred parking for residents only and their guests. Two hour parking for the tourists, sightseers and recreation people during the day between 8:00 am and 6:00pm daily. After that time all vehicles should be required to display a residential parking permit. The tenous parking situation has always been an Achilles Heel to the neighborhood. Unsavory individuals can "case" the neighborhood while parked on the street. Parking enforcement would serve two purposes. One to cite unauthorized vehicles in the neighborhood and as a deterrent to prospective criminal activity. This action may or may not preserve the community and the way of life we have all come to enjoy and cherish. Though it would help to insure that anyone who is parked on the street at night belongs in the neighborhood.

Whatever happened to this proposal? No one's written anything since last year, anything new?

Seems ineffective. I expect that 99.9% of the cars parked here at night are residents and their guests. I can’t imagine someone scouring Beachwood for a parking space only to go somewhere else after they’ve found one. As for tourists, they’re a daytime phenomenon and they tend to be happy double parking and standing in the middle of Beachwood to get a shot of the sign.

Beachwood is a broad street with enough room for diagonal parking. It may not be very attractive but it would add a significant amount of spaces.

Let’s remove the many ridiculous and unnecessary red zones. To make up for the lost revenue, let the DOT ticket those with poor parking skills … if there’s enough room for 2 cars between 2 driveways – don’t park in the middle.

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Now with the Crime Spree in it third month, maybe it is time to consider the idea of restricted parking in the neigborhood. Preferred parking for residents only and their guests. Two hour parking for the tourists, sightseers and recreation people during the day between 8:00 am and 6:00pm daily. After that time all vehicles should be required to display a residential parking permit. The tenous parking situation has always been an Achilles Heel to the neighborhood. Unsavory individuals can "case" the neighborhood while parked on the street. Parking enforcement would serve two purposes. One to cite unauthorized vehicles in the neighborhood and as a deterrent to prospective criminal activity. This action may or may not preserve the community and the way of life we have all come to enjoy and cherish. Though it would help to insure that anyone who is parked on the street at night belongs in the neighborhood.