Chicago parking by block · South Lawndale · Ward 24
Parking at 3050 S California Blvd
Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 3000–3099 S California Blvd. Everything here is from City records — 18,331 parking tickets written across 24 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.
When is this block cleaned?
Not published
No 2026 season is published for this section.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
None
None within a 10-minute walk.
Streets to watch near 3050 S California Blvd
permit zones is the thing to watch around here: 2700 S Sacramento Ave alone took 131 tickets in three years, a 8 min walk away.
Permit zones131 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
- 2700 S Sacramento Ave — 131 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Plate checks459 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
- 2700 S Whipple St — 164 tickets, 8 min walk NW
- 3000 S Troy St — 113 tickets, 10 min walk W
- 3000 W 28th St — 98 tickets, 8 min walk NW
Posted restrictions64 tickets
Posted time restrictions. Worth reading the sign twice — this block is enforced.
- 2600 S Washtenaw Ave — 64 tickets, 7 min walk N
Metered blocks17,577 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.
- 2800 S California Blvd — 5,925 tickets, 3 min walk N
- 2600 S California Blvd — 5,648 tickets, 8 min walk N
- 2900 S California Blvd — 1,943 tickets, 2 min walk N
How to not get any of these
- A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
- Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
- The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 24, section 1. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.