Could you give me an example? They just write a ticket for something that never happened?

Not Philly, but I got one in SF that was pretty unreasonable.

I was parked in my neighborhood and had a valid residential permit that only required that I move my car for street sweeping. So when I parked on Wednesday, there was no sign that said I needed to move my car before the next Tuesday. On Friday evening (I know, because I checked my car on Thursday evening), someone who was moving posted a temporary permit they'd applied for their moving truck to park outside their apartment. I received a ticket on Saturday morning despite the requirement that the temporary permit be posted 72 hours in advance of the moving period.

I waited in a 90 minute line to contest it (the building where you contest/pay parking tickets is one of the few areas in the city where you'll find nothing but 30 minute meters, so it's virtually impossible to drive to contest a ticket without getting another ticket) and was told 'no' without any explanation.

I don't care how dishonest or sleazy Fixed is/was, if they're successfully fighting SFMTA's parking enforcement, I support them. Fuck SFMTA's parking enforcement...it is so beyond corrupt that the people involved need to be put in their place.

FYI, even with a residential permit, you still need to move your car at least every 72 hours:

https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/parking/how-park-legall... https://www.sfmta.com/services/permits-citations/parking-per...

(Wednesday (presumably afternoon) to Saturday morning is less than 72 hours, though, so it still sounds like that one was illegitimate.)

When I lived in SF, I went to the dpv building to get my California plates and was amazed to see the same thing! You cannot park anywhere nearby for anywhere near long enough to do anything there.

I was also amazed at the amount of "street cleaning" that happens there, we do it twice a year, and have significantly cleaner streets.

One time I parked in chinatown at 5:30 am on a Sunday in a spot that has free parking on Sunday. At 2:00 pm when I left there was a protest, with a full band, bleachers, and a dancing dragon around my car. Along with a temporary no parking sign, and a ticket. That sign was definitely not there in the morning, but I had no proof, so I just paid it.

Interesting side note, I recently had an Uber driver who worked for the PPA.

I received a parking ticket in Oakland for parking in a 2-hour for less than 15 minutes, leaving, and then returning 3 hours later. I had evidence that I was not at the location in between. The parking department didn't care, because their claim wasn't that I couldn't prove I had left, but rather that even what I claimed was illegal.

My online appeal was denied, my written appeal was denied, and my administrative hearing was denied. I paid an $83 fine and a $25 fee to file an appeal in court. Three months exactly after the supposed violation, a county judge dismissed my ticket. The city returned my $108.

The judge said there was literally nothing I could do to prevent the same situation in the future (ie, there is no feedback loop), but that I would prevail in court again.

This situation affects me regularly because I don't own a car, so I rent one hourly, drive to my residence, pick up my wife, go grocery shopping, return to my residence, and then eventually return the car. The Oakland parking department continues to believe that my actions are illegal.