The San Diego City Council on Monday voted to take control of 100% of the funds collected by parking meters, after decades of revenue sharing with outside entities.

The council to raise parking meter rates earlier this year in anticipation of a severe budget shortfall. Since then, roughly $0.15 of every dollar collected by meters has gone to "community parking districts." San Diego has seven such districts, although only four of them actually have parking meters.

Most of the parking districts are run by business groups such as the Little Italy Association, Gaslamp Quarter Association and Discover Pacific Beach. Recent audits have questioned whether the districts are simply an extra layer of bureaucracy.

Parking districts collectively spend about 35% of their budgets on administrative co

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