Opinion: I can’t afford to pay parking tickets, so my car got towed. It upended my life https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-31/car-towed-unpaid-parking-tickets-california-los-angeles

#povertyisexpensive: The toll on my mental #health has hit me hard. From Day 1, I couldn’t be there for my daughter when she was in the #hospital. I’m unable to make the #income I need to #support my #family. Now I face losing my car and am buried in even greater #debt.

#InstitutionalizedPoverty #BrokenTaillightPolicing #ShreddedSafetyNet #HowTheLawFailsWomen #FailingTransit #sprawlscape