Stopping, Standing, and Parking
Cal. VEH § 22507.8
California Statutes
(
a) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle in a stall or space designated for disabled persons and disabled veterans pursuant to
Section 22511.7 or 22511.8 of this code or
Section of the Government Code, unless the vehicle displays either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to
Section or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to
Section 22511.55 or 22511.59. (
b) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct, block, or otherwise bar access to those parking stalls or spaces except as provided in subdivision (a). (
c) It is unlawful for any person to park or leave standing any vehicle, including a vehicle displaying a special identification license plate issued pursuant to
Section or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to
Section 22511.55 or 22511.59, in either of the following places:
(1) On the lines marking the boundaries of a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans.
(2) In any area of the pavement adjacent to a parking stall or space designated for disabled persons or disabled veterans that is marked by crosshatched lines and is thereby designated, pursuant to any local ordinance, for the loading and unloading of vehicles parked in the stall or space. (
d) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (
c) apply to all offstreet parking facilities owned or operated by the state, and to all offstreet parking facilities owned or operated by a local authority. Subdivisions (a), (b), and (
c) also apply to any privately owned and maintained offstreet parking facility.