East Village gets new parking meters [Video]

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — On April 11, the City of San Diego started to install new parking meters in East Village.

The city said the new meters will help manage parking and benefit residents and businesses. FOX 5/KUSI spoke with residents, employees and business owners, who said it benefits some but not others.

“I think that’ll be a good idea, there is not a lot of parking out here,” Chelsea Borjorquez said.

Borjorquez chose to live in East Village to avoid paying for street parking, but she say “it’s also hard for people to come to visit me because they can’t find it.”

“Most people I know will take the trolley, they will park over there where there is parking and take it down,” Borjorquez said.

The new meters will be placed in an area bounded by Park Blvd. to the west, Island Avenue to the north, 17^thSt. …