San Jose vowed to crack down on parked vehicles with expired registrations. Here's how many it towed

"San Jose's new city team dedicated to cracking down on parked vehicles with expired registrations towed more than 500 of the vehicles in the first 12 weeks of enforcement part of an overall effort to improve safety and keep neighborhoods clean. The Expired Registration Enforcement Program is one of several new initiatives launched this year to quell some of the most frequent parking-related complaints and to limit the impacts of vehicles with people living inside them parked on neighborhood streets."

"Following an outreach period from July 1 to Aug. 17, when the parking officers issued approximately 3,000 warning notices, data released by the city through Nov. 8 showed 552 citations issued and 527 vehicles towed. I am optimistic about our new approach to these unregistered vehicles, District 5 Councilmember Peter Ortiz said at Monday's Transportation and Environment Committee meeting. I am encouraged by the new strategies (and) the new hiring that is going to be starting in the new year to improve this function"

San Jose's Expired Registration Enforcement Program towed more than 500 vehicles in its first 12 weeks as part of efforts to improve safety and keep neighborhoods clean. The program followed an outreach period from July 1 to Aug. 17 when parking officers issued approximately 3,000 warning notices. Data through Nov. 8 showed 552 citations issued and 527 vehicles towed. The initiative targets oversized and lived-in vehicles that clog public streets and concentrates enforcement in hard-hit districts. A city inventory found over 2,000 oversized or lived-in vehicles between August and October 2024, with about 36% showing expired or unverifiable tags. The OLIVE program created over 30 temporary tow-away zones near schools, parks, waterways and interim housing sites.

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