Open Letter To My Local Los Angeles City Council Members
Dear Council Members Greuel and Cardenas,
I am writing to you after over a year of calling to report to the LADOT Parking Violations offices about a repeat parking violations offender. The main issue is that the person(s) park a semitruck or a cube truck in the median lane of a residential district and leave it unattended for periods of up to an hour. In doing so, the vehicle obstructs free access to four driveways and causes a hazard for anybody attempting to use the median lane for its intended use.
One evening, after I was nearly in an accident trying to enter my driveway, I informed the police department and was told there was nothing that could be done about it. Last time I checked, council members, the LAPD’s motto was to protect and to serve, so this response was disappointing.
Another evening I attempted to speak to someone (a hispanic male) who was entering the cabin of the semi. He said obscenities to me and drove off. Finally, one day last summer the LAPD happened to be in the neighborhood and gave the driver a warning.
Now it’s been over a year and I’ve continued to call the offices of LADOT Parking Violations whenever a parking violation like I described takes place. It takes up to ten minutes before I am put through to a live person. I give the operator all the relevant information and am told that somebody will come out to emeliorate the problem, yet no law enforcement comes.
At this point, I have began to document the problem by keeping a blog. More recently, with the purchase of a cellphone with a camera, I’ve been posting photos of the violations on Flickr. Even more recently I’ve now creating YouTube videos.
Below this blog post is another post with a YouTube video that documents a parking violation that took place earlier today,
Please, Council Members, I request that this issue be resolved as soon as possible. I’m tired of running around in endless phone loops getting nowhere. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Funnily enough, I’m on jury duty this week, so I am physically close by to the Van Nuys government offices should you be able to meet with me in person.
Signed,
A concerned resident.
