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Drivers beware!
Where are you most likely to get a parking ticket in La Mesa? If this question kept you up at night, editor Dorian Hargrove has an analysis of this year’s tickets for you.
His answer surprised me. I guess I’ve been too enmeshed in reporting on San Diego daylighting tickets and parking fees doubling at meters. But in La Mesa, it’s parking in restricted zones that led to the most tickets this year with 886.
Parking meter expirations did come in second, with 782 tickets issued since Jan. 1.
As to daylighting, the La Mesa Police Department has only handed out 35 tickets across the entire city this year for parking too close to a crosswalk.
One block of Baltimore Drive alone accounted for twice as many tickets. The 5700 block of the major thoroughfare had 77 vehicles cited this year for parking on street sweeping days.
So that’s the warning to all neighbors, if you want a clean La Mesa and to avoid the $42.50 fee, be sure to move your car when street sweepers are scheduled to come through.
ICYMI: Hargrove recently reported on something else interesting pertaining to La Mesa: Bathrooms at Lake Murray didn’t make San Diego’s budget this year. But Supervisor Joel Anderson partnered with San Diego Councilmember Raul Campillo to fund port-a-potties at the popular hike and recreation spot this year.
Drew Sitton
La Mesa Courier newsletter host
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La Mesa has a new hotspot for parking tickets
By Dorian Hargrove • Times of San Diego
A block along Baltimore Drive in La Mesa has the city’s highest number of parking tickets since the beginning of the year.
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