Need your shoes fixed?
Get on the bus. Important government workers need the parking meters around Van Nuys civic center.
For months, merchants around the Van Nuys Government Center have complained about city worker-owned cars with “official mileage vehicle” dash placards filling the streets in front of their businesses.
Parking was once a breeze near the cluster of city, state and federal buildings in once-beleaguered downtown Van Nuys.
And during a $31.5 million Van Nuys City Hall makeover five years ago, officials promised shopkeepers ample parking for constituents, city employees and commercial customers.
But despite at least five city parking lots in the vicinity, workers find it more convenient or cheaper to park their rides in front of scores of mom-and-pop stores - all day long without putting any change in the meter.
