Actually, parking authority is an essential service and it is about public safety. But we have no knowledge of exactly where this van is parked. We don't know if this van is possibly blocking street or some other access - ThreadSky

gingerbearfoz.bsky.social • 44 days ago

Actually, parking authority is an essential service and it is about public safety.

But we have no knowledge of exactly where this van is parked. We don't know if this van is possibly blocking street or some other access

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ronbondujon.bsky.social•44 days ago

More essential than these same resources being redirected to relief?

I don’t need exact knowledge or context. One van misparked, and we used a vehicle, a person, and tax payer money to cite them.

That’s one less vehicle, one less person, and much less money than could go to relief.

Priorities.

gingerbearfoz.bsky.social•44 days ago

Ok. Valid points. However it's a parking patrol cart - not much more than a golf cart. The person could be used elsewhere in Santa Monica how? As for tax dollars, they're getting paid no matter what job they perform. Or should they not get paid?

ronbondujon.bsky.social•44 days ago

Santa Monica could do something similar. Everyone is still paid, but they are redirected. Directing traffic, delivering food. Even a cart like that could be used to transport water, blankets, or smaller medical supplies. Just like how towns like Charleston and Atlanta redirected people.

ronbondujon.bsky.social•44 days ago

Very fair. I live in North Georgia, and saw Asheville get destroyed in the hurricane. For individuals like parking patrol, they were used to gather supplies and help find shelter for incoming people displaced by the storms, as well as aiding in the shelters after.

gingerbearfoz.bsky.social•44 days ago

And that could be done, sure. But as a long time California resident, I can tell you, most don't think that way. There may well be many that ARE doing those things - but there is also a very large apparatus to do just those things.

ronbondujon.bsky.social•44 days ago

I get that, and the reality is California is much, much larger than Georgia. We could probably fit the populations
of Georgia and both Carolinas in California with little issue.

Of course, these are extraordinary circumstances. Even though there are systems made for relief, it’s clear they’re low.

ronbondujon.bsky.social•44 days ago

When it comes to relief systems like that, the city governments and often be the difference maker. Again, to use Helene as example, it wasn’t the state of Georgia or the state of North Carolina that redirected government employees. It was the cities the themselves, the mayors and commissioners.

rice2riches.bsky.social•44 days ago

It’s easier than that. The street sweeper behind it is clearing debris - highly flammable dried branches that will easily blow around when the wind picks up. The ticket agents ride in front and help motivate people to get their cars out of the way.

rice2riches.bsky.social•44 days ago

City services continued this week, because SaMo is still a city with regular needs like groceries and trash pickup and all that. City PD and FD were extra busy this week.

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