Michael Dukakis Takes On Parking

The former presidential candidate successfully lobbied Los Angeles officials to crack down on sidewalk parking around UCLA.

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December 1, 2006, 11:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Michael Dukakis lost his bid for president in 1988, but he can declare victory in his latest campaign -- against parking scofflaws in Westwood.

The former Massachusetts governor has been at the center of a more than two-year battle against the longtime practice of "apron parking" in the neighborhood west of UCLA known as North Village. There, parked cars spill out of apartment driveways and straddle sidewalks and streets.

Los Angeles city officials are now listening to Dukakis and the other critics of apron parking. As soon as January, parking enforcement officers will begin aggressively ticketing cars that partly block streets and sidewalks."

FULL STORY: A Dukakis win in Westwood

Thursday, November 30, 2006 in The Los Angeles Times

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