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> street sweeping is either the first and third or second and fourth week of the month for most residential areas

On my block we get it 2x/week. I've never seen a street sweeper come by and the street is always dirty, but I sure have gotten tickets for leaving my vehicle out front overnight on the wrong day.

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I think the street is dirty precisely because there are vehicles out on the wrong day such that the street sweeper couldn't sweep that part of the street. Getting a ticket means the street sweeper couldn't do its job and you don't see clean streets.

As far as I know you only get a ticket if you're actually parked there when the sweeper comes by. There's a parking cop car following the sweeper and ticketing the cars. You're allowed to re-park in the street after the sweeper has done its job, even if it's still technically street sweeping time.

So if you've got a ticket, there almost certainly was a sweeper that came by at that time.

Pretty sure it varies depending on where you live. iirc When I was in SF the tickets would get distributed ahead of time and the sweeper would follow within an hour or so. Once the sweeper went by you were free to re-park.

They’ve started looping back after the sweeper passes and enforcing the full two hour window.

Since when? Where did you get this information from?

In Oakland, there are different vehicles that come by for different purposes. As I understand it there’s an agitator, sprayer, and sweeper. You have to know when the whole process is complete, so I understand it’s easier just to avoid for the whole window.

The parking enforcement happens before the street sweeper comes. There’s usually four or five of them and they’re several blocks ahead of the sweeper. They’ll all stop and wait 20 minutes for the sweeper to catch up and refill water at the hydrant before continuing on.

FWIW the sweeper comes by my street on the posted schedule. Most days one or two parking cops come ahead of the sweeper writing tickets. I have never seen them come behind the sweeper though I have seen the sweeper wait for them. I believe it is policy not to write tickets after because as other posts have noted it is perfectly legal to park right after the sweeper comes through even if it is still sweeper hours.

Of course we are on the corner and the other street does not get sweeping (it is also concrete). I assume that is because it is too steep.

It’s not “legal” to park after the sweeper comes. It’s no parking for the full two hour window. I have seen them loop back after the sweeper passes to give more tickets.

According to https://www.sfmta.com/getting-around/drive-park/how-avoid-pa...

> During street sweeping hours, you may not park until the street has been physically swept.

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