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Here in California, at least Sacramento County, handicapped parking tickets are expensive, and you can get them anywhere. There used to be a private security firm that was contracted to write the tickets. They were absolutely rabid about it - if you so much as cast a shadow over a handicapped spot, you were as good as dead.

I don't know if it's still the same contractor, but they even go through residential neighborhoods writing tickets. A buddy of mine got one for being illegally parked while he was unloading his race car in his driveway, and my next door neighbor got one for having his POS truck parked on the street too long. I don't fully understand that one, as it had current registration, but he was hopping mad about it.

With respect to 'permit' parking at my office, the security contractor will write you a ticket, but it's not worth the paper it's printed on.