exhibit 1

FOR SOME REASON I have a discrepancy about whether there were 8 signs or 10 signs. Nonetheless, whether 8 or 10, only 2 or 3 said No Parking Friday. Next time I'm in that area I will double-check 

Shame on @CityBellflower and their corrupt parking citation infrastructure & their $57 dollar "PARKING TRAP" on Beach street in front of St Bernard Church.

Drive by sometime if u don't know what I'm talking about. DO YOUR JOB & FIX IT. Ignorance is NOT an excuse.

There's a SPECIAL PLACE IN HELL for freakin "admin law judges" who RUBBER STAMP DENY legitimate parking citation appeals. They DON'T even read the appeal. & around here the citations start at $60.They also won't sign their name. U R SCUM 

#Bellflower #LosAngelesCounty

A street in front of St Bernard church in @CityBellflower has 10 signs, 10 poles:  

7 say "NO PARKING Sat/Sun"; 

The other 3 say 

"NO PARKING Friday."

Normally u put ALL restrictions on the same poles. But here they expect u to walk the ENTIRE STREET & read EACH sign.

So I pull up to the sign that says   "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and today is Friday. I park & go to church & come back & find a $57 citation on my windshield.

So I look at the sign again & it still says  "no parking Saturday or Sunday" and it's still Friday I walk to the next sign & says the same thing & the next sign says the same.

There's 10 signs : seven of which say "no parking Sat/Sun" ; three of which say "no parking Friday" so if you miss one of the three (out of 10) you get a $57 ticket.  

Why don't they put ALL the signs on the same pole like most municipalities do & according to Uniform Code?

Because it's intended to trap people, like a speed trap at the bottom of a hill. Or they added some later in a lazy manner & are too lazy to fix it ? 

The uniform code for parking signage actually requires  the MOST CLARITY POSSIBLE. This is a BIG FAIL at a visitor's expense. Or it's a success if it's intended to be a money maker for Bellflower. 

And why does Bellflower outsource the parking appeals to Tustin, a whole different county, to an alleged judge who rubber stamps a denial of the appeal and won't even sign his/her name ? Maybe because nobody actually reads it ? No actual judge ?

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Note: They make you send your "1st appeal" to an office in Tustin- not  Bellflower nor even in Los Angeles County. Tustin is Orange County, approximately 22 miles away. 

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1st Appeal Citation/Ticket Number: 70034127 License/Vin:  Issue date : 07/08/2022 08:21:00 Reason for contesting: This is my appeal of parking citation #70034127 received near St Bernard Catholic Church at 9647 Beach St (see https://goo.gl/maps/b4RXag8KTCiVhA1n7).I was unable to compose this in less than 949 characters so I will try to include the long version on the 3 jpg attachments.Unless it allows me to submit a document. I hope you will read long version -I will attempt to attach as jpegs. Short version:2 of 8 say No Parking Friday 6 to 11am. 6 of 8 say No Parking Sat/Sun. West of church driveway there are ZERO  Friday signs & 2  Saturday or Sunday signs. I arrived south on Ardmore & then left (east) on Beach.I turned around in driveway & back west & parked directly in front of a sign saying No Parking Saturday or Sunday just west of the church. Repeat: no signs west of driveway say No Parking Friday. 75 of signs say No Sat or Sun. City should combine all restrictions on 1 sign. If you wish to submit additional evidence to support your claim,  please indicate method (U.S. mail or fax).  All evidence must be submitted within 3 days of this appeal.  For additional evidence to be considered you must submit a copy of the confirmation.

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"2nd appeal"

Hello. This is my appeal of parking citation #70034127 received near 

St Bernard Catholic Church which is located at 9647 Beach Street in Bellflower  (see

 https://goo.gl/maps/b4RXag8KTCiVhA1n7 ) 

  I arrived here early on Friday July 8 2022 from out-of-town while it was still dark around 5am. Even though I do have a Bellflower residence I was returning from a trip & decided to nap in my car & attend the 8 am mass at the church rather than go home first. 

Normally when I come to St Bernard for mass I either park in the parking lot or the south side of the street (which  has NO parking restrictions). So I rarely if ever park on the north side of the street where I received the citation this time. 

The north side of the street from where Beach curves to Ardmore (use link above to see Google maps image) has eight "no parking " signs. 

Six of the eight say "No Parking Saturday or Sunday" . I remind you this was a Friday.

 Two of the eight say "No Parking Friday due to street cleaning from 6 to 11am") .

  Also, west of the church & the driveway in which I turned around as I arrived there are ZERO "no parking Friday" signs. And two "no parking Saturday or Sunday" signs. 

I arrived by coming south on Ardmore and then turning left (east) on to Beach. I thought about parking in the parking lot but thought maybe they don't like people parking so early, so I turned into the driveway & turned back westward on Beach street & parked directly in front of a sign that said "No Parking Saturday or Sunday" just eastward of the church.

I took a nap until 7:45am, tired from driving all night. Then at 8am I attended mass, & returned to my vehicle around 8:30 and noticed the parking citation had been written at 8:21 am. 

I double-checked the No Parking signs & observed that the majority of the signs  (6 of 8 or 75%) say "No Parking Saturday or Sunday" . And if you approach the way I did, you will NOT see the 2 of the 8 signs (or 25%) on the eastern half of Beach Street that say "No Parking Friday". 

 I have included a few photos & a link to a video I posted to youtube if the honorable person reviewing this citation cares to see for him or herself. Here is the video link   https://youtu.be/ZhNjns-sMX8 . 

I would humbly recommend the City of Bellflower (where my grandfather (RIP) founded Valley Christian Schools & was a pastor in the 1930's when much of Bellflower was still dairy farms) combine the "no parking signs" to include both the Friday & Saturday/Sunday restrictions so that there is NO WAY to miss either restriction & I HUMBLY BESEECH the city of Bellflower to dismiss this citation given the information and facts I have provided herein. 

Thank You