The San Diego City Council agreed Monday to pause a portion of its parking management reform package passed earlier this year to use otherwise allocated funds for streetlight, sidewalk and other infrastructure repairs.

The $1.8 million collected in the city's Community Parking District program will go toward making the repairs in the communities from which the funds were gathered — Downtown, Uptown, Mid-City and Pacific Beach.

In June, the council approved a sweeping parking reform package intended to improve efficiency and transparency. However, much of the money collected in parking districts was tied up in other costs, and only around 30% could be expended on infrastructure repairs.

Monday's council action frees up the money to complete some badly needed repairs by waiving the CPD pr

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