Four food trucks were parked on Sunset at 10 a.m. and generally stay for part of the day.
A reader queried about why food trucks are allowed to park all day at the meters on Sunset Boulevard in front of Ralphs grocery store. The parking sign on that stretch of the road states that only one-hour parking is allowed.
“When I drove by the other day, there were four trucks taking up six of the parking spaces,” the resident said. “Parking in the Palisades is so limited; the city should not be allowing this.”
The resident wondered why the trucks were not ticketed and pointed out they are unfair competitions to the other restaurants in town, which pay for their brick-and-mortal locations.
A call was placed to parking enforcement to enquire if food trucks were required to follow the rules. The answer was “Yes,” parked food trucks have to follow the signs. If enforcement is aware of the illegal parking, they will send an officer to ticket them and require them to move. The phone number for enforcement is (213) 485-4184.
One suggestion offered was that trucks should park on Temescal Canyon Road, which is wider than Sunset and is not metered. By moving to that location, they would not take valuable parking spaces in the village.
Rodolfo (Gracias Senor) works so much that he practically lives in his truck. Accidentally drop “practically” from that sentence and he’s allowed to stay there as long as he wants it would appear. I’d rather see him there on Sunset than 50 run down RV’s on PCH.
He at least has permits, pays taxes and insurance and minimum wage. Something the taco stand that takes over when he’s not there doesn’t do.