{"id":195379,"date":"2026-02-26T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195379\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:09:08","slug":"more-free-parking-options-at-balboa-park-for-san-diego-residents-coming-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/195379\/","title":{"rendered":"More free parking options at Balboa Park for San Diego residents coming March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 Nearly a month after Mayor Todd Gloria announced the expansion of free parking areas at Balboa Park<\/a>, the city said Thursday that seven parking lots will be available for verified San Diego residents at no charge starting March 2.<\/p>\n

According to the city, the following general parking lots (Level 2 and 3) will be available for verified city residents:<\/p>\n

Pepper GroveFederalUpper Inspiration PointLower Inspiration PointMarston PointPalisades Bea Evenson<\/p>\n

City officials noted payment will be required to park in the park\u2019s other five Premium lots; residents verified by the city can pay half the price online to park in the Premium lots.<\/p>\n

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City of San Diego<\/p>\n

Click here for an enlarged version of the map<\/a><\/p>\n

To apply for a free parking permit, City of San Diego residents can register their vehicle license plate at https:\/\/sandiego.thepermitportal.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, parking enforcement at Balboa Park will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 6 p.m. and drivers \u201cwith a disabled-person license plate or placard may park for free all day at any available spot in the parking lots and on park roads, not\u202fonly\u202fthe ones marked in blue for ADA parking.\u201d<\/p>\n

City officials said enforcement of the updated parking process will begin the week of\u202fMarch 9\u202fwith warnings. Ticketing for violations will begin March 16.<\/p>\n

Verifying your residency<\/p>\n

Complete information on Balboa Park parking, including how to verify City of San Diego residency, is available at https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/parking\/balboapark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Per the city: \u201cTo become verified as a\u202fcity of San Diego resident, applicants\u202fwill\u202fbe required\u202fto upload one document proving residency, such as a driver\u2019s license, utility bill, property tax\u202fbill\u202for rental agreement.\u202f<\/p>\n

Residents\u202fand nonresidents\u202fwill need to pay a one-time $5\u202fregistration\u202ffee, which\u202fcovers the vendor\u2019s\u202fcosts to\u202fprocess\u202fthe applications and is not collected by the\u202fCity.\u202f<\/p>\n

Following registration city of San Diego residents will need to\u202fselect the\u202fGeneral,\u202fLevel 2 and Level 3, free parking pass. Once verified, the account and free pass are valid for\u202fthree\u202fyears.\u202f<\/p>\n

The resident verification process could take up to two business days. This timeline could vary depending on the number of applications received.<\/p>\n

Please note that residency verification must be done online in\u202fadvance and\u202fcannot be done\u202fat the meter kiosks within the park.\u202f<\/p>\n

The\u202foption\u202fto choose a free\u202fcity resident pass\u202fis now available via the parking permit portal \u2013 no need to wait until March 2 to apply.\u202f<\/p>\n

City residents who have previously purchased parking passes\u202fdo\u202fnot need to reverify\u202fresidency.\u202fThey\u202fwill need to login and\u202fselect\u202fa\u202ffree pass, which will be\u202favailable instantly\u202fon\u202ftheir\u202faccount.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anyone who needs in-person guidance on the parking permit registration process can contact the city\u2019s Digital Navigator Program at 800-350-6945.<\/p>\n

More info is available on the Digital Navigator Program webpage at https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/digital-navigator-program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 Nearly a month after Mayor Todd Gloria announced the expansion of free parking areas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[65080,3683,91229,74,76,75,63933],"class_list":["post-195379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-balboa-park-parking","tag-city-of-san-diego","tag-free-balboa-park-parking","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-parking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}