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Subject:Outrageous Downtown Parking Fees
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Hello Council Members and City Staff,
I am emailing to express my shock and disappointment with the ridiculously high new parking rates and extended hours.
$8 for two hours of parking is simply unacceptable and needs a thorough explanation if not expeditiously reduced. These
fees come across as greedy and hurt the businesses and community of downtown San Luis Obispo. They are also too far
out of alignment with the remainder of the county - to park in downtown Paso Robles, you get the first two hours for
free and then pay for time beyond that. In Atascadero, parking downtown is free altogether. What is to encourage
people to come to locally owned San Luis Obispo downtown businesses if they have to pay $8 simply to park for two
hours? Truth be told, downtown San Luis Obispo has been struggling since COVID. Many storefronts have closed and
remain empty, and/or are occupied by an intimidating and growing homeless population. It has become much more
pleasant to visit other cities in our county and these parking fees further deter people from spending their time and
money in downtown San Luis Obispo.
As a resident and consumer in San Luis Obispo for the last 20 years, I am extremely disappointed in the decision to
increase parking fees to this level.
I hope that you address and reduce these fees immediately.
Thank you,
Kahlin Wolf Hoover
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Kahlin Wolf Hoover
559-903-0307 (mobile)
kahlin.wolf@gmail.com
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