SAN FRANCISCO -- Maria Infante filed a federal class action civil rights complaint on September 4 in the Northern District of California against the City and County of San Francisco for violation of the Fourth Amendment - unreasonable search.
According to the complaint, Infante alleges that she received a parking ticket for allegedly exceeding the time limit for parking in a Residential Parking Permit Area in the City of San Francisco. The citation was for $95.00 and given by a parking enforcement officer.
Infante alleges and believes that the parking enforcement officer marked her vehicle’s tires with chalk solely to obtain information used for the purpose of issuing a parking citation. Infante alleges that the City of San Francisco regularly and systematically places chalk or a similar substance on the vehicle’s tires of other vehicles, without the owner’s consent, surreptitiously to obtain information used as the basis for parking citations throughout the City of San Francisco.
Infante alleges that while parked, her vehicle did not pose any threat to public safety, security or resources. Infante alleges that the City does not provide motorists any advance notice that their vehicles will be subject to a search for evidence of parking time limit violations simply for parking in a legal space subject to a time limit.
Infante seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction prohibiting Defendants from engaging in the parking enforcement practices, restitution for all fines, damages, cost of suit and attorney's fees. Infante is represented by Eduardo G. Roy.
U.S. District Court Northern District of California case number 3:21-cv-06892-SK