L.A. Superior Court Judge Rules That Los Angeles County Violated Parking Citation Procedures, Announces Krause, Kalfayan, Benink & Slavens, LLP
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of a motorist who claimed the County of Los Angeles failed to comply with its legal duties under the Vehicle Code. Section 40215 of the Vehicle Code requires agencies that issue and process parking citations to provide motorists with written reasons for upholding the citations following challenges to those citations. The motorist alleged that the County failed to provide such written reasons and sought a writ of mandate directing the County to comply with the law. Specifically, the letters used by the County included generic statements like, "the investigation has confirmed that the citation was properly issued and is valid." At the trial, the Hon. Luis A. Lavin agreed with the motorist that the County's form letters did not provide reasons and ordered the County to comply with the law.
The evidence presented by the motorist showed that the County issued over a half a million citations in approximately two and a half years. The motorists also submitted evidence that although hearing officers actually drafted written reasons after motorists' hearings, the County never delivered the written reasons to the motorists.
The motorist was represented by Eric J. Benink of Krause, Kalfayan, Benink & Slavens, LLP.
Krause, Kalfayan, Benink & Slavens, LLP is a boutique San Diego law firm that represents consumers, citizens and taxpayers in the actions seeking to enforce public duties.
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