TRAGEDY. STRACHAN MORNING. THANK YOU FOR STARTING YOUR DAY WITH US. TODAY IS SUNDAY, APRIL 7th. I AM MAX DARROW. WE START WITH A PARKING BATTLE IN SAN FRANCISCO. A FEW YEARS AGO, THE SFMTA SAID THEY WOULD START TO GETTING PEOPLE IF CARS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WERE BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK , LIKE YOU SEE. IT HAS NOT BEEN ENFORCED, UP UNTIL NOW. AS AMANDA HARI SHOWS US THE ISSUE HAS SOME NEIGHBORS TURNING ON EACH OTHER. >> Reporter: PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SAY THEY HAVE BEEN PARKING LIKE THIS FOR YEARS. AND SUDDENLY THEY ARE SEEING SFMTA ISSUE CITATIONS. THE ISSUE IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. CARS PARKED IN SHORT DRIVERS, FORCING THEM TO SPILLOVER, INTO THE SIDEWALK AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE TO WALK AROUND THEM. TO GET BY. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AM I GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WAKE UP WITH A TICKET? >> Reporter: DAVID REGULARLY HOUSE IT'S IN THE INTEREST SUNSET AND HE SAYS HE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP MESSAGE AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN UPTICK IN CITATIONS FOR CARS PARKED IN THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS. THE OFFENSE LISTED ON THE TICKET, BLOCKING PART OF THE SIDEWALK. HE HAS PARKED SIDEWAYS LIKE THIS FOR YEARS, LEAVING ROOM FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT NOW HE IS CONCERNED THAT MAY NOT BE ENOUGH . >> THIS IS MY ELECTRIC CAR AND I PARKED HERE BECAUSE THE CHARGER IS ON THE SIDE. SO I CAN RUN A LINE HERE TO CHARGE MY CAR. IF I PARKED IT OUT THERE, THE LINE WOULD BE ON THE SIDEWALK AND I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE TRIPPING. >> Reporter: THROUGHOUT THE INNER SUNSET NEIGHBORHOOD, DOZENS OF CARS ARE HANGING OVER THE SIDEWALK. SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE RICHMOND DISTRICT TOOK 2X TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CITATION SAYING THEY HAD PARKED THAT WAY FOR YEARS. THE SFMTA RESPONDED SAYING, NOT BEING CITED BEFORE, IS NOT A GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT BE CITED IN THE FUTURE AND THERE IS A RECENT EFFORT TO BETTER ADDRESS SIDEWALK PARKING IN THE CITY. NEAR NINTH AVENUE AND MORAGA STREET, A SIGN ASKING PEOPLE TO NOT CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , TO TICKET CARS PARKED IN DRIVEWAYS. IT SUGGESTS LEAVING A NOTE, ASKING SOMEONE TO PARK DIFFERENTLY. >> I THINK, US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE MORE FRIENDLY TO OUR NEIGHBORS. AND I THINK IT DOES NOT HAVE TO GO FOR THE KILL. MAYBE JUST KIND OF TALK TO THE PERSON. >> Reporter: LINDA DOES NOT HAVE A CAR, BUT LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FREQUENTLY WALKS HER DOG HARRISON. SHE SAYS, SHE SEES CARS SPILLING INTO THE SIDEWALK ALL THE TIME AND IT COULD CAUSE ISSUES. >> WHEN WE WALK IN A GROUP WE GO TO MEET OUR FRIENDS. TO WALK OUR DOGS TOGETHER AND YOU GO AROUND AND YOU END UP IN THE STREET. I MEAN, IT IS A PAIN SOMETIMES. >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE IS ABLE-BODIED AND USUALLY JUST WALKING HER DOG. BUT FOR OTHERS IT COULD BECOME DANGEROUS. >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIGGER ISSUE IF I HAD KIDS AND TRY TO GET A GROUP OF CHILDREN AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CROSS INTO THE STREET TO GET AROUND A CAR. >> Reporter: HE SAID HE THINKS THE LAW NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. >> THINGS NEED TO MAKE SENSE. REGULATIONS AND RULES TO MAKE SENSE OF SOMETHING. IF A RULE DOES NOT MAKE SENSE ANYMORE , THEN WHY SHOULD THERE BE A RULE? AND I THINK WHAT MAKES SENSE IS PEOPLE WITH STROLLERS AND DOGS NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS THROUGH, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH SPACE. >> Reporter: FOR NOW, PEOPLE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO AVOID BEING CITED IN THE FUTURE.
