Sorry this is 4 years later, I just stumbled onto this. I praise you for posting this and uploading the pictures. That is great information, although I'd be surprised if people didn't know how to fight for their rights and prepare a defense (with photos) if they are cited near an obscured sign. If people strongly feel that a citation was issued in error or unclear conditions like this, they should prepare a case, take photo's, talk to witnesses or neighbors. A case like this is clearly in the drivers favor,



The problem is you titled this "How to fight parking ticket in Los Angeles." and this thread ONLY applies to your incident, a rare case where you were wrongly ticketed. You're not helping others "fight a ticket in Los Angeles" because it doesn't apply to all tickets. It's misleading.



This doesn’t help the hundreds of other people who get parking tickets unfairly. Such as waiting to park your car on the street when a traffic officer pulls up behind you and issues you a ticket (you couldn't see it was a traffic vehicle in your mirror.) You can't fight a ticket like that, even with witnesses and photo's of the scene. I know because I tried. However, I have contested and won 2 traffic citations that way.



A few years ago I went to Midas auto shop on Veteran avenue for an oil change. That street is Permit Only, so I parked 2 blocks away, walked to the shop, the guy told me drive up, he will move a car so I can pull in. I pulled in front of the shop, the guy took too long, a car pulled up behind me I couldn't see well in the mirror. Someone get out with a pad of paper. I got out & told him "Sorry I'm waiting to pull in to the shop here. Can I leave and come back?" He nodded his head & got back in his car. A month later I get a ticker for $65, sixty five dollars!! Reason: for "blocking traffic, stopped in street." I took pic's, got the name & card of the shop worker, prepared a case, paid $6.00 for Registered mail & Confirmation. 2 months later I got a letter from the court upholding the citation and saying "this doesn't prove you weren't stopped or blocking traffic." I lose $71. That hurt. That was a whole day's pay.



Or, if you park in a 1 or 2 hour sign & you arrive back at your car at the end of the time period right as a traffic officer pulls up and you ask "can I leave" or "I was just leaving." Even if they nod or say "yes" you may still get a ticket in the mail & you have no defense. "He said I could leave" only admits you were parked there.