San Diego, CA
Handicapped woman working to overturn $450 parking ticket
SAN DIEGO — Anne Dell’Acqua, 78, says a “senior second” left her with a greater than $450 parking ticket from town of San Diego.
Dell’Acqua says she parked in a handicap spot in entrance of Nordstrom Rack in Mission Valley however forgot to show her handicapped placard.
“I’ve the documentation, and I am not the type of individual that will park in a handicap spot except I had the placard to go together with it,” stated Dell’Acqua.
Dell’Acqua says she has Osteoporosis in each knees, which is why she has a placard. She tried to attraction the parking ticket, however her attraction was denied.
Her quotation was for $440, plus a mandated state surcharge of $12.50 {dollars}, bringing the entire to $452.50.
Dell’Acqua says she was “shocked” when she noticed the value and says she and her husband must pull from their retirement account to pay for it.
“Each of us are on Social Safety and retirement, in order that’s like two weeks of groceries for us.”
Dell’Acqua believes she included proof of her handicap placard, like “the cardboard quantity and the date it expires June 30, 2025, and an identification card” when she appealed the quotation.
Nevertheless, town responded to ABC 10News, saying partially:
She didn’t present proof of her possession of a placard. We’re unable to go looking by identify just for disabled placards and will solely deny her attraction. She is now trying to take the quotation to the second degree of attraction, an administrative listening to, however she nonetheless wants to supply proof of the placard.
Spokesperson for the Metropolis of San Diego
A response from town Dell’Acqua saying a “deposit equal to the quotation quantity” is required for a listening to.
Dell’Acqa says, “shall be extra cautious sooner or later” and desires to higher perceive how choices relating to appeals are made.