Street sweeping in College Area (SDSU)
The city wrote 9,374 parking tickets on College Area (SDSU)'s swept streets in 2025, but only 253 were for street sweeping. Here's what actually gets people ticketed here, and the sweeping schedule for its most-ticketed blocks.
Around SDSU, street sweeping is barely a factor. Students get ticketed for permit zones, hills, and red curbs instead.
Most-ticketed streets
Sweeping tickets written on each street in 2025, and the weekdays most of them were written.
| Street | Tickets | Busiest ticket days |
|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Dr | 252 | Monday |
The most-ticketed blocks, and when they're swept
Schedules are the city's own record for each block. Signs on the block are always the final word.
| Block | Between | Sweeping schedule | 2025 tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reservoir Dr 5300–5599 | Reservoir Ln & Alvarado Rd | (7am-10am) WS even months, 2nd Monday · (7am-10am) ES odd months, 2nd Monday | 143 |
| Reservoir Dr 5000–5099 | Montezuma Rd & Reservoir Ct | (7am-10am) WS even months, 2nd Monday · (7am-10am) ES odd months, 2nd Monday | 67 |
| Reservoir Dr 5100–5299 | Reservoir Ct & Reservoir Ln | (7am-10am) WS even months, 2nd Monday · (7am-10am) ES odd months, 2nd Monday | 42 |
When the sweeper comes
Sweeping hours on the signs here are usually 7am-10am. Many blocks are swept on different days for each side of the street, so the side you parked on tonight matters.
Sweeping skips city holidays and picks up on the next scheduled day. A ticket is $83.50.
Other tickets on these streets
- Residential permit zone3,623
- Wheels not turned to the curb on a hill1,334
- Red curb826
- Parked on the sidewalk777
- Registration tag not displayed751
2025 tickets on College Area (SDSU)'s swept streets, excluding sweeping.
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Other neighborhoods
- North Park 16,665
- Mid-City: City Heights, Normal Heights & Kensington 15,445
- Pacific Beach 12,264
- Downtown 8,576
- Ocean Beach 5,907
- Southeastern San Diego 5,447
- Mission Beach 4,265
- Golden Hill 2,657
- Hillcrest & Uptown 1,000
Where these numbers come from. The City of San Diego's open parking-citation data for 2025 (data.sandiego.gov), matched by block address to the city's GeoSweep street-sweeping map, which also supplies each block's schedule and planning area. "College Area (SDSU)" is the city's own community planning area. About 92% of sweeping tickets could be matched to a block; the rest are left out, so real totals are slightly higher. The $83.50 fine is the amount on sweeping tickets written in 2026. ParkGuard isn't affiliated with the City of San Diego. Updated 2026-09-27.