Why are parking tickets in Los Angeles so high?

Question

I can't believe that you are being charged $50 by the city if you don't move your car on the day when there is street cleaning. I understand that the city wants to make money, but how have they been able to push tickets to such an excessive amount? I know other western countries in Europe that charge $5 for the same violation. In addition my street didn't even get cleaned last time when it was suppose to, yet they still handed out tickets.

Answer 1

Because despite the "high" cost of the tickets they still could not clean the streets because of all the morons that were parked there.

Answer 2

they have all those expensive bribes to pay...