Out of Parking Spaces

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I doubt she was a placard holder, she just wanted to park

You are probably right, I didn't try looking back to see, but half the town has disabled placards, it's so bad that the city has raised parking fees to make up for the fees lost to disabled placard holders, trying to park in Walnut Creek all you see are expired meters with placard cars filling the streets.

In fact, the city collected $200,000 more -- $1.5 million, instead of the anticipated $1.3 million -- in revenue from parking citations and meter fees than originally estimated by city officials in the first 60 days after the changes went into effect in April.Those changes, all part of a parking management plan, include meter rates rising to $2 an hour, meter-enforcement hours switching from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. to 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., and charging for parking on Sundays.

If the trend of the last 60 days continues, gross parking revenue would be around $8.6 million for the year, nearly $1 million more than projected.