California: Beverly Hills approves free parking ballot measure

Thu, Mar 10 2011 — Source: NBC Los Angeles

The words “free” and “parking” usually aren’t seen together but that’s changing in Beverly Hills. Voters approved a ballot measure that guarantees two hours of free parking at most city-owned parking facilities. Measure 2P, an initiative placed on the ballot by a signature-gathering drive backed a developer, was approved by a 62.1 percent-37.9 percent margin, according to count of all precincts and vote by mail ballots released by the Beverly Hills City Clerk.

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