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No, You Don't Have the Right to the Parking Space In Front of Your House... ...And Other Observations About The State of Parking In Parking In Los Angeles Highland PARK and Cypress PARK are aptly named. When I was a kid, Northeast LA was one of the last places around the City where parking was ample…mostly because there was little reason to visit unless you had ties to those areas. One night, my guitarist told me to give up my space in front of our singer’s house on Mohawk Street, where we rehearsed at the time, so she could park there. Although I was not at all opposed to the idea, I asked him, “Okay, but why?” “Because it’s her house.” It’s a widespread notion people have in this automotive city—that they have the right to the space in front of their house, BECAUSE it’s their house. Alas, I relented, because…why bicker about something so trivial? Echo Park, like much of Central Los Angeles, has become a ground zero for high rents and increased density, hardly mitigated by the small-lot condos springing up everywhere. The weekend influxes of activity in the neighborhood has even spilled over to parking on the side streets. The truth is, you are entitled to the space in front of your house….
…if it’s available. …and you have paid your vehicle registration fees… …and the vehicle is not wanted in connection with a crime… …And there otherwise aren’t any parking restrictions in effect…
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