Posts Tagged ‘handicapped’
Monday, April 8th, 2013
I didn’t take these photos, but I’ll tell you, I’ve seen a lot of corruption regarding free parking for SFGov employees in the SoMA area, so I believe them.
Here’s a photo essay with captions from Jim, who went on a walkabout yesterday.
Take a look:
“There are the People who pay up front to park in a lot, $25-$70. There are the people who feed meters but many of those wind up paying $72 to the City long after the last pitch. And there are those who play the system and possibly cheat and pay nothing for parking in a “red zone” with the help from “winking and nodding” SFMTA Parking Control Officers.
All these photos were taken within a 50 foot circle near 2nd & Townsend at 2:15 P.M. on Sunday April 7, 2013 during the Giants/St. Louis Baseball game.
1) Number 1 shows what the average slug must pay for parking for the Giant’s game at 2 in the afternoon, i.e. $70.
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2) Number 2 shows a Handicapped placard vehicle getting free Giants game parking in the “red zone” of the SFFD at Second & Townsend. Handicapped placard holders may not park in “red zones.”
3) What appears to be several private vehicles of S.F. firefighters parked in the “red zone” claiming to be working by their Official Papers on the Dash. Is it mere code for “don’t ticket a fellow City employee?”
4) Several motorcycles getting ticketed (TC27, 219) for expired meters by the PCO who just drove by the “red zones” without seeing cause to stop.
5) Photo of SFFD Headquarters at 9:30 A.M., Sunday April 7, 2013 in case you think a lot of people work there on a Sunday.
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Two luxury cars, two handicapped placards, yet again:
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Why is it that most Mercedes Benzeses you see parked on the street in the Financial District, you know, the 94111 and the 94104, have handicap placards hanging from the rear view?
Could it be that California’s handicapped placard system is being abused by wealthy bay area drivers who feel that parking should be cheaper and easier for them?
Yep.
Are you kind of a sucker for NOT having a handicapped placard considering that you could easily ask your doctor to sign the form for the DMV?
Yep.
Zoom zoom.
Tags: 2012, audi, bay area, benz, bmw, california, car, cars, free, handicap, handicapped, infiniti, lexus, luxury, Mercedes, park, parking, placard, San Francisco, subsidy
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Friday, November 16th, 2012
Ooh, here’s one:
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See?
(It seems that most large luxury sedans in San Francisco have handicapped placards, the better to park you with, dear.)
And check it out, “Lyft drivers make $20+ per hour,” per a recent ad.
See?
So, Lyft drivers are making $20/hr+ after paying for their expenses? Mmmmm…
Something doesn’t wash here, IMO.
Tags: 2012, bay area, cab, california, car, dpr, driver, economy, handicap, handicapped, jaguar, lyft, mta, parking, placard, San Francisco, SFMTA, shyaring, taxi, type
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
See? The brand-new Mercedes Benz and the Lexus have blue placards but the Honda has to make do with just a red placard.
Financial District, San Francisco:
Why is it that every brand new Mercedes parked in San Francisco’s Financial District has a blue handicap placard hanging from the rear view? Are these things like a no-cost option or something?
The fact that no California physician has ever been disciplined in the slightest for improperly signing the DMV form in the history of the state puts a lot of pressure on area doctors. Everybody knows that they won’t get caught. It’s like all the doctor needs to do is write down his or her name once and that will earn said doctor a fan for life.
A long healthy life.
In a new Mercedes Benz.
With an improperly-gotten handicap placard.
Hurray! Free parking. For life!
And when those downtown core congestion charges come, then free driving. For life!
Tags: 2012, bay area, benz, Blue, california, car, DPT, free, handicap, handicapped, luxury, Mercedes, mta, parking, placard, red, San Francisco, SFMTA, space, spot, zone
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Friday, March 30th, 2012
I suppose that somewhere in the universe there are Japanese and Japanese-American restaurant owners operating Chinese food places, but that’s certainly not the case in San Francisco’s Richmond District, which has a mess of Chinese and Chinese American operators of Japanese restaurants.
As here, at Fune Ya, which used to operate on Clement Street. Read about its tax problems via Will “Big Daddy” Kane right here.
Photo via the Richmond District Blog
How do the state and federal authorities know that you taking the cash that customers give you and simply putting it your pocket? They don’t need to visit your place, they just look at monthly reports and compare them with neighboring businesses. So if you pocket half the cash customers give you that means that your “credit card percentage,” the percentage of sales you make from credit cards, goes up, a lot. And I guarantee you that your CCP will be higher than similar businesses in your area. That’ll make you stand out.
Like these people from this other place down in San Mateo County:
“Taxpayer operates a restaurant. For audit, taxpayer provided bank statements and credit card merchant statements for the audit period, and guest checks and cash register tapes for December 2007. The Sales and Use Tax Department (Department) found that bank deposits exceeded reported total sales, and, for several months, there were no deposits of cash, which were indications that reported taxable sales were understated.”
In that case, the CCP was an impossible 100%. And also, the owners apparently deposited their cash anyway, which also looks funny.
Anyway, if you skim a little bit occasionally, you’ll get away with it. But you won’t save all that much money and you’ll have to keep up with it on a daily basis. And you’ll have to prevent your lousy employees from finding out and reporting you or finding out and skimming from you yourself. It gets complicated.
Now, if you’re used to flagrantly violating any laws you please, then you’re not going to like dealing with one THOMAS E. FRANKOVICH (State Bar No. 074414). Why? Because he’ll send somebody in a wheelchair into your restaurant and then it’s game over, man. Game over:
“Plaintiff CRAIG YATES is a person with physical disabilities who, on or about March 10, 2008, March 14, 2008, March 16, 2008, August 15, 2008, August 23, 2008, December 20, 2008, March 7, 2009 and March 26, 2009, was an invitee, guest, patron, customer at defendants’ FUNE YA JAPANESE RESTAURANT, in the City of San Francisco, California. At said time and place, defendants failed to provide proper legal access to the sushi bar, which is a “public accommodation” and/or a “public facility” including, but not limited to entrance, dining area, men’s restroom and women’s restroom.”
So, all the money you “saved” through skimming gets paid out to lawyer Tom Frankovich.
And then you shut the place down.
Oh well.
Tags: 2012, Act, ada, bay area, Board of Equalization, california, chinese, credit card, Disabled, fune japanese, fune ya, funeya, ggra, golden gate restaurant association, handicapped, IRS, percentage, richmond district, San Francisco, skimming, tax, taxes, THOMAS E. FRANKOVICH, THOMAS. FRANKOVICH, Tom FRANKOVICH
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Here’s the view from the front, complete with fake Euro-style Front License Plate* and handicapped placard** allowing said sailbag the right to park wherever the Hell he wants however long he wants, for free:
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And here’s the rear view what gives the game away. See? It says right there “SAIL BAG.”
And dude’s from Marin County of course.
And there’s a yacht club logo in there as well, of course.
All that’s missing is the CHP 11-99 Foundation scam license plate holder, of course, you know, to get out of those sticky situations involving the police and the CHP, you know, because you’re a Eurotrash sailbag from god damn Marin County so you drive like a bat out of Hell.
Welcome to San Francisco, you sailbag you.
And more are coming, soon enough.***
In closing, sailbag.
*Is this a legal setup in California? NO, not at all – the DMV gave you an FLP for a reason. I’m not sure if other states still require front license plates, but CA sure does. Peace officers and meter maids both will cite you for this.
**Is this a legal use of a handicap placard? Probably. But do I think that said sailbag deserves to park for free all day on the streets of San Francisco? No. What dude’s doing isn’t exactly illegal because nobody ever gets in trouble for it. You could get a handicapped placard as well, why not? If the first doctor says no, then keep on looking, there’s nothing stopping you from doctor shopping. And then eventually you will find one to sign the DMV form. And actually, the people that have handicap placards consider you a sucker for not having a placard. Hurray! Free parking for me, the sailbag!
***Do I have objections to rigged boat races on San Francisco Bay in general? No, not at all. But instead of us paying a sailbag like Larry Ellison eight or nine figures to host his little boat party here why don’t we reverse that and have sailbag Larry Ellison**** pay us eight or nine figures for the right to host his little boat party here? See how that works? One little oversight like that makes all the difference.
****Speaking of which, here’s what it looks like when Chief Sailbag Larry Ellison hisself comes to town to nosh on the prime rib. See his Toyota LFA there parked on Van Ness?
Welcome to San Francisco, you sailbag you.
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Most of the cars parked in this area just south of Market Street had handicapped placards.
Here’s three in a row, the most my wide angle lens would let me take in. This is typical:
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The fact is that most of the people who use handicapped placards to park in San Francisco are abusing the system.
Oh well.
Tags: 2011, abled, bay area, Blue, california, citation, differently, Disabled, DPT, driver, enforcement, fraud, handicap, handicapped, license, mta, owner, park, parked, parking, placard, plates, pooch, San Francisco, SFMTA, stakeout, Station, street, team, ticket, Waiting
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Monday, November 21st, 2011
(Check it, my first pro-SFMTA post.)
This cute pup was guarding an Acura parked on 10th Street while its owner visited our SoMA Costco (I assume, I mean, why else would anybody park down there?)
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Problem? The disabled placard hanging from the rear-view has expired. See?
So guess who was waiting for this car’s owner to show up – it was DPT’s Disabled Placard Street Team with their bright blue shoulder patches.
Les mise-en-scene avec Etat de Jardin* license plates sur la Acura bleu:
This issue could end up costing the driver thousands of dollars, when all is said and done.** (I can’t say for sure because I don’t get paid by the City Family to stakeout cars, plus I had to split. Oh well.)
Now, WWSD? Like What Would KRON-TV’s Stanley Roberts Do if he came upon this scene? Oh yes, something like this.
But, you know, I might possibly be beefier than Stanley (I know I’m taller than he but I could actually outweigh him) and, you know, I wouldn’t want to get into an another Elmo situation.
Bon courage, Acura pooch. Your owner will need all the love she can get today.
*Garden State – it’s a Jersey Thing.***
**The funny thing is that Costco has plenty of free parking. And honestly, I don’t think the good people of Costco would care all that much if you parked in their garage while shopping elsewhere. As stated, there’s nothing else going on ’round that area so it’s not like they’re on the lookout for renegade parkers.
***YouTube, you’re too funny. Oprah + Snooki = ???
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Thursday, November 4th, 2010
This aging, second-generation Lincoln Town Car, a pretty lengthy vehicle to begin with, has been stretched by about six or seven feet to become the longest car with handicapped plates in San Francisco.
Just think, with this rig you could take a dozen of your friends along wherever you go.
But, as the license plate holder notes, you might need to remind strangers, “PRIVATE VEHICLE, NOT FOR HIRE.”
Fair enough:
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Tags: 2010, bay area, california, car, handicapped, license plate, limo, limousine, lincoln, not for hire, placard, private vehicle, San Francisco, town car
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Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
First up is the handicap placard, natch. Really, some will consider you a sucker if you don’t have one by now. I mean, tens of thousands* of San Francisco drivers can’t be wrong, right? (Just do a little doctor shopping the way Winona Rider used to. High triglycerides? Give it a shot, why not?)
Gordon Young’s piece from 1996 here tells the story – nothing’s changed** since then.
But that blue piece of plastic can only get you so far. Click on the shot below to see what you’re missing. Stuff like:
A photocopied piece of paper labeled PRESS,*** and an American flag pin, and a giant SFPD pin, and an expired San Francisco poll worker one-day pass from June (a “Polling Place Parking Permit”), and a few other seals and crests and odds and ends designed to make sure that any PCO will decide to leave well enough alone.
You could probably park this rig on the very steps of City Hall with impunity:
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Aging Ford Tuarus FTW!
*Or 52k, per the StreetsBlog, but of course that doesn’t include the counterfeits or the valid placards from commuters who live outside of San Francisco County.
**Has any CA doctor ever received any kind of discipline for authorizing a handicap placard at any time in state history? Hells no. It’s totally wide open.
***If the driver is a member of the press, then so everybody else in America.
Tags: 2010, auto, bay area, Blue, california, car, card, citation, DPT, fraud, handicap, handicapped, meter maid, meters, parking, pco, placard, plastic, San Francisco, SFMTA, ticket, tow, towed, towing, truck
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