Towing cars that have accrued unpaid parking tickets without a warrant -- a common practice in San Francisco -- violates the California Constitution, the California Court of Appeal decided Friday.
The city implemented a practice of towing legally and safely parked cars if they had five or more unpaid parking tickets and the owner had not responded within 21 calendar days of issuance.
The Coalition on Homelessness, a nonprofit organization focused on advocacy for impoverished and houseless people, filed an appeal against the city over their towing practices, claiming that it targeted low-income individuals. The tows oftentimes cost the city more money than they bring in, according to a press release from the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, one organization that pursued the appeal on behalf of the Coalition on Homelessness.
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