Did You Know Street Sweeping Is Back In Santa Monica? Some Don't

SANTA MONICA, CA — Street sweeping is back and underway in Santa Monica, with officials reminding residents to move their cars and residents already getting slammed with pricey tickets for street cleaning returning without city warning amid a pandemic.

Expect street sweeping through Friday, city officials told Patch. Residents with Monday as their street sweeping day can plan for a sweep Monday.

The city provided a website for street sweeping, however, that website does not include much information—no calendar with any dates for locals or general information on neighborhoods.

The city provided Patch with a calendar.

Residents are surprised and aren't happy about the move. They don't want to pay the city's tickets, saying the decision wasn't publicized and that locals don't know the street cleaning is back because it's still a pandemic. Street sweeping has been postponed and parking restrictions have been relaxed throughout the pandemic.

Patch reader Ata Soofi Siavash complained of a street sweeping ticket they received this week during street cleaning in Santa Monica.

"On Tuesday I got $73. parking tickets on Euclid Street due to street cleaning. The city should have somehow informed the residents that they are resuming street cleaning, they didn't. I went to their site to print the form for contesting the citation, but can't print, any idea besides physically going to parking department to get a contest form?"

Patch reached out to the city for more information on how many people have received citations so far this week.

In Los Angeles, street sweeping tickets will not return until October.

Street sweeping tickets can cost $73 each, with LA County residents have complained that the cost is both burdensome and frustrating.

Readers: Did you get a ticket during street cleaning in Santa Monica? Tell us in the comments.

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