Dwyer apologizes for ticket spat

Huntington Beach City Councilman Devin Dwyer apologized during a City Council meeting Monday for trying to change the city’s street sweeping policy after receiving about a dozen tickets

After receiving a lot of feedback from the community on his declaration, Dwyer said he has decided to change the ticket appeals process instead of the actual ticketing.

Dwyer was upset over receiving his 12th parking ticket after failing to move his car in time for the street sweeper. He told the press he would resign during the meeting if he couldn’t change the street-sweeping policy and would rip up his ticket, but during the meeting he said that would be “a bit theatrical.”

Some people were calling his antics an abuse of power, but Dwyer said he would be up at the podium trying to get the system changed even if he were not an elected official.

“My point is, if I can’t effect changes as a City Council member, why am I here?” Dwyer has said.

Dwyer said the ticketing of residents and the two police vehicles that follow the street sweeper are a “revenue generator.”

“I think it’s egregious that this city continues to fine us every time the sweeper truck goes by,” he said.

Dwyer originally discussed a warning system for residents and promised to bring the issue back to the council, but said after meeting with City Administrator Fred Wilson and Chief of Police Ken Small , they devised a change to the ticketing appeals process.