Several additional parking spaces were added to the major road as part of Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s “Reimagine Ventura Boulevard” initiative. Although the added space offers drivers and shoppers more opportunities to park, local business owners say their designs are scaring off clientele instead.
The design of the new spaces is made for vehicles to back into them. Local workers said the extra effort to back into the parking as opposed to parallel parking like how it once was is fending off clients. Others, however, said they were fine with the changes.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.