Lose Your Car Over a Parking Ticket? San Francisco Scrutinizes Harsh Punishments

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San Francisco has some of the highest tow fees in the country. Photo by Jeremy Dalmas/KALW/Crosscurrents

By Jeremy Dalmas/KALW/Crosscurrents

Parking isn’t easy in San Francisco.

When Echo Rowe moved here from Seattle in 2012, she had to move her Ford Ranger every couple of days to avoid street sweeping. It was hard to keep track of, and she started getting multiple tickets every month. Then it got worse.

“It was a Sunday night,” she recalls. “I was working and I went to take a break to move my car.”

Read the complete story at KALW/Crosscurrents.

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