LOS ANGELES—While parking fines used to provide Los Angeles with net income, the city spent $192 million more in the last five years for parking and traffic enforcement than it generated in fines from the tickets, it was reported Oct. 18.
The city brought in $617 million in parking tickets since the 2017 fiscal year, while it spent more than $809 million for salaries, equipment, and other expenses related to it, according to data compiled by Crosstown, a nonprofit news organization based at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.
