Amador Parking Facility

BEWARE OF THIS PLACE!!! There’s a lot of parking traps in this place. All the spaces for compact cars are all traps. The spaces are so tight that there’s no way you can park properly without getting your car or the car next to you, damage nor ding. Obviously, you’ll put some space in between and your other side will cover up some part of the next space. AND THAT’S WHERE YOU GET A $ 50 citation ticket.

I suggest using the parking lot regardless if your being dropped off. The county will WILL, not may WILL slap you with a citation for stopping in a bus zone, which is the ONLY curb side between court house and welfare building on Amador and Winton) Via the cameras. So eiether pay the parking fee or the big fat $ 260 fine they send you in the mail a week later. As busy as these two buildings are they need to have a drop off zone. I think it’s just another way to make money for them. As strick as they are with there rules dont expect help when someone breaks into your car, Their cameras dont help with those kinds of crimes. Park at your own risk. County of Alamenda — AC Transit are crooks!

What can I say about reviewing a parking garage… It’s 75 cents an hour or fraction thereof and $ 4.00 maximum. If you are visiting the court for jury duty or even if you are not, there is a validation machine in the jury waiting room that will take $ 1.00 off of your parking. Sometimes if you leave at noonish, the toll lady in the back will just open the gate and let a couple lucky people through for free. They also have machines near the elevators which make a lot of people stop and try to figure out how to pay before they leave. These machines do NOT work. You have to pay at the «gates». There are two of them, one in the front and one in the back. Here’s the ridiculous part, if your not a compact vehicle and you park in a compact spot, they will ticket you. This ticket is at least $ 50.00. If you park in a spot and are not IN the lines they will ticket you. This is a pretty huge lot. You can park in the garage or in the uncovered lot. The structure is like 4 and ½ stories. Sometimes when you drive by the front of the lot there is a sign saying the parking lot is full, you can use the back way to get in and park. There are signs to get in the back way I think.