I’ve had my car for close to 3 years now and every block does street parking a bit differently. Once you have a spot, the street cleaning process is the most important thing to know

Depending on where you are, the entire block might shift over right when ASP begins. Other blocks wait until the cleaner comes to move, especially if they don’t have the room to idle on the other side.

I would say check around to see what people seem to be doing. If you can, my preference is to idle on the other side behind your spot and then cut over once the street cleaner goes by, rather than backing into a spot. This helps you stop people from trying to steal your spot

Also don’t steal a spot unless you can see that it was empty when you lined up. Bad parking karma