{"id":299403,"date":"2026-07-18T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299403\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T13:24:07","slug":"manhattan-beach-to-raise-parking-fees-in-beach-lots-and-across-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/299403\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan Beach to raise parking fees in beach lots and across the city"},"content":{"rendered":"

Visitors to one of the most gorgeous Southern California beach towns<\/a> will soon be paying a whole lot more in order to park<\/a> so they can hit the sand \u2014 a move that\u2019s already making some real waves with residents.<\/p>\n

The city council of Manhattan Beach recently approved changes to the parking fee structure<\/a>, increasing how much people pay to park and the citations fees for breaking the rules, per the city website.<\/a><\/p>\n

Once the changes take effect on August 1, it is estimated the new fees and fines could bring in an extra $1 million in revenue in fiscal year 2027 to the city, per Manhattan Beach News<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Visitors to one of the most gorgeous Southern California beach towns will soon be paying a whole lot more in order to park. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Some of the changes include curbside parking in the downtown are increasing from $2.50 to $4.00 an hour, in the city\u2019s busiest time between May and August. The rest of the year it will cost $3.50 an hour.<\/p>\n

For those that want to park closer to the beach, El Porto, Bruce\u2019s Beach, and Upper and Lower Pier lots, are going from $3.50 to $4 an hour during the summer months, while remaining at $3.50 the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Other parking spots in the city increased from $2.50 to $3.00 an hour during those peak times for beach visitors.<\/p>\n

Once the changes take effect on August 1, it is estimated the new fees and fines could bring in an extra $1 million in revenue in fiscal year 2027 to the city, per Manhattan Beach News.<\/p>\n

The city also voted to increase the amount drivers must pay for violating parking citations by $6 bucks. The average costs-to park at expired meters or red-zones-would go from $59 to $65, per the report. Other parking violations had a similar increase across the board.<\/p>\n

Officials said the changes are necessary to deal with the increase in demand for parking and \u201cfund critical infrastructure needs, including the replacement of aging parking lots,\u201d per the city website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Council members also had the chance to vote whether the rates would \u201cincrease gradually over five years, with an annual adjustment of 10%.\u201d<\/p>\n

An aerial view of Manhattan Beach, California in 2020. Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, they ultimately voted against \u201cautomatic annual increases\u201d and instead voted to \u201creview rates periodically,\u201d per the report.<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s redevelopment parking plan also includes an upgrade to the current parking system, ditching parking meters for mobile pay systems, with the use of popular parking platform apps like ParkMobile options and pay-by-plate stations, the Westside Current<\/a> reported. This will allow drivers could pay via app, text, or phone calls.<\/p>\n

Longtime residents expressed their outrage with the council over the increases and changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to stop in and run a quick errand when it\u2019s costing me four dollars for a meter,\u201d one resident told members<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s kind of crazy. I\u2019d probably walk. But if I had to drive, I might just not stop\u2026wherever I am doing take out, because it\u2019s just not worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Symmetrical view on street with palms towards Manhattan Beach Pier. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Another person said if the city wanted to save money, they could get rid of the workers who enforce parking in the city, due to the new mobile pay stations.<\/p>\n

Beach towns in other parts of the state have undergone similar changes. Officials noted the increase is significantly less than other places, where parking fees have gone up, naming Hermosa Beach and Newport Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visitors to one of the most gorgeous Southern California beach towns will soon be paying a whole lot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[7631,2136,1016,75,84,83,57,9,24,63,13896,58],"class_list":["post-299403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-beaches","tag-california","tag-los-angeles","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-parking","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}