LA lacks accurate inventory of parking meters

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation does not have an accurate inventory of its parking meters and does not have proper controls in place to ensure all collections are being made, according to a new audit released Thursday.

"In these current economic times we need to make sure that the City gets every penny it is owed," Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel said in a statement.

"I hope the DOT heeds my audit recommendations and immediately puts controls in place to adequately ensure collections are being made from all parking meters," said Greuel, who authored the audit.

The findings also show the transportation department "spends a substantial amount of money on faulty scanning devices that are used to track the revenue from parking meters".

Mayor Villaraigosa temporarily appointed Michael C. Williams, a top police department commander, to help oversee reforms within the department's parking enforcement division.

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