By Alex Emslie, KQED News Fix
Some insult could drop off the injury of having a car stolen and then recovered in San Francisco, under a new tow-fee scheme before the city’s Board of Supervisors.
The city’s current system allows car-theft victims 20 minutes to get their car from the street where police find it. If they cannot get there, car owners are charged close to $500, according to Paul Rose, spokesman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. That charge includes a $263 agency towing fee and a $220.75 contractor’s towing fee.
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