County supervisors Tuesday are set to consider new rules that would allow towing companies to destroy illegally parked vehicles without first storing them. (Marcello-Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local)
Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting
- 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, online or at 701 Ocean St., room 525, Santa Cruz.
- Join on Zoom or call 669-254-5252, meeting ID 160 123 6676. To comment ahead of the meeting, email [email protected] by 5 p.m. Monday.
SANTA CRUZ >> Abandoned and illegally parked vehicles could be destroyed immediately after being towed, under rules to be considered by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Tow companies often don’t pick up illegally parked vehicles cited by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office because they are required to store vehicles before destroying them, according to a county staff report. Under the proposed rules, tow companies could destroy vehicles immediately after towing them in areas of the county outside of cities…