LA May Pull Back on Free Parking for Hybrid Cars

Councilman Bill Rosendahl has forced the free parking policy for hybrid cars back into committee, despite the City Council signing off on the ordinance last week. Rosendahl cited the lost revenue in a time of budget crunch for wanting to phase the program out.

"My hope would be to phase it out by the end of `08," Rosendahl said today. "We're in a budget crunch here, you know, as a city, and I think that the benefit that (the free parking) has already given has been felt and I'm looking forward to other motions going forward on electric vehicles and others."

City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel, was understandably confused by Rosendahl's push to retrieve the ordinance. The matter has been discussed several times since September of last year when they directed the dept of transportation to draft the extension on the ordinance.

To have it pulled back after it went out the door seems strange to me.

Source: L.A. makes U-turn on hybrid car perks - Press-Telegram

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