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Susana Barrios
From:Tristan Jacobo <tnj.jacobo@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Public Comment for the City Council Meeting on 1/23/2024
Attachments:Tristan Jacobo Public Comment Parking Situation in District 4.pdf
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Hi there, I am submitting a public comment for the city council meeting today. Feel free to get back to me via email if
there is a response from the council about this matter. Thank you for your time.
-Tristan Jacobo
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Good evening Council,
Over the past year and half of living here in the apartment complexes between
Orangewood,Haster,Gene Autry Way and Manchester in District 4,I have been charged $652
in parking citations/towing fees just to park where I live.I have another $147 that I will be
contesting.My neighborhood,including me last week had our cars towed for parking in curbs
marked in the red.Obviously that’s a no no but if you consider that all legal parking spots within
a 15 minute walking distance to our doors are occupied from 3pm to 5am the next morning then
I would ask for you to consider how frustrating of a situation that is for the residents here.
These apartment complexes I’ve noticed have more people living in them than are
allowed because housing prices keep increasing.Our parking spots have been marked red for a
reason,for emergency vehicles but the city takes away half of the parking in the area and
doesn’t add any additional parking anywhere making people park in the red,negating the
attempt altogether and costing your taxpayers easily tens of thousands a year just in our
neighborhood for parking in the red.
Now I work at varying times of the day so I am never guaranteed a spot.My wife
occupies the single apartment management designated parking spot so I’m on my own
searching desperately for parking when I get home.
I understand you folks most likely own homes and are therefore out of touch with us
apartment dwellers who have been priced out of the California housing market for years now but
this parking situation is frankly unacceptable and dastardly for the city to kick us while we’re
down.I already have a minimum 5 minute walk to my car and then on top of that I get cited
frequently.This is just my situation however,I have no idea what it’s like for other folks that live
in our area.I believe this predicament is underrepresented as most of the people living here
don’t speak English and are probably not even U.S.citizens so it’s in their interest to remain
silent and just pay your silly fees.
I think a great solution to this would be to not ticket cars that are permitted to park in the
area and/or create a parking lot that is close by,perhaps at Ponderosa Park that is designated
for the apartment complexes.
Which City Official can I contact and how do I get into contact with them regarding the
permanent resolution of this parking crisis?
Thank you for your time,thank you for charging me $652 and for charging this
community tens of thousands of dollars to park their cars in their neighborhoods.I’m looking
forward to seeing your invoice for breathing in the Anaheim air.
-Tristan Jacobo