Have you noticed less spare change in your wallet?
The City of San Diego just doubled the rate of their parking meters. Residents and workers across downtown, Hillcrest, University Heights, City Heights, and Pacific Beach, among others, may have noticed a recent increase in the cost of parking.
The change, implemented on Jan. 31, affected 5,332 metered parking spaces across the city.
More than 4,400 of them were formerly set at $1.25 an hour and are now set to the maximum rate of $2.50. The remainder, which previously charged 50 cents an hour, are now charging $1.
Rates have not changed at metered spaces near the waterfront operated by the Port of San Diego, which were already at the new maximum of $2.50 an hour.
Parking spaces are metered from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all days except for Sundays and holidays.
San Diego City Council considered the change to help address a $258M deficit in the city’s budget. Councilmember Vivian Moreno, who represents many southern San Diego communities, was the only person to vote against the rate raise.
“I absolutely understand the need for greater revenue so we can balance our budget,” Moreno said. “However, when we raise parking rates, we’re impacting everybody in our communities regardless of income.”
The city expects that the change will generate an additional $4M for the 2025 fiscal year, which ends on June 30. Beginning in July, the city expects to make about an additional $9.6M annually.
San Diego is currently charging significantly less for hourly parking than other major California cities, according to a review of parking management and demand presented to the city council.
Sacramento has a current maximum of $4.50 per hour, Los Angeles has a maximum of $6 per hour, and San Francisco has a maximum of $11 per hour, according to the review.
The analysis recommended special event pricing and extended meter parking hours. The recommendations, which may shape future decisions, also detailed how the city could benefit from dynamic pricing, which would raise parking meter rates at busy times of day and lower them for slower traffic times.
This brief came from reporting by Simon Mayeski, a San Diego Documenter, at a San Diego Active Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting last month. Read the rest of the story at inewsource.org.
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