How L.A.'s New Valet Parking Law Punishes Low-Skill Workers

This week L.A. Weekly's Dennis Romero declared that the Los Angeles City Council had "criminalized valet parking" when it passed a new law Tuesday night requiring valet parkers to apply for a $70 permit in order to work. The law makes parking cars without the permit a misdemeanor. Romero also bemoaned a provision requiring private lot owners to verify that they are allowing valet companies to use their parking spaces, and a few other strips of red tape created by the law.

For instance, here's the list of what L.A. valet companies have to furnish when they apply for a permit: