Oakland Parking Meters, Residential Permit Parking, Not Enforced During Pandemic - Video Oakland Parking Meters, Residential Permit Parking, Not Enforced During Pandemic The City of Oakland reports that the following parking-related policies are effective during the pandemic: “Parking meters, residential permit parking, time-limited parking and street sweeping parking regulations will not be enforced. As a matter of public sanitation, the City will continue street sweeping efforts, as they represent the single most efficient way to keep streets clean. The City asks for the community’s voluntary assistance to move their cars so that street sweeping equipment can get to the litter and other refuse that needs to be cleaned off Oakland streets. The City will continue to enforce all other parking regulations in service of public safety and public health, including red curbs and fire hydrants, sidewalk and crosswalk blocking, double-parking and bike lane violations, wheelchair ramp obstr