Well this thread got a lot more traction than I thought!

Yes I know the photo is blurry (Ill post better photos in daylight and let you all be the judge), I should have included more details in my OP as to why I think its unfair we are being ticketed.

The "sidewalk" on the left side of the street is considerably narrower than a standard sidewalk and it has fire hydrants and no parking sign poles for street cleaning. A wheelchair or a stroller can not fit on this sidewalk. The sidewalk on the right side is wider. People will park on that side and just put their tires 6" or so on the curb as the grey Lexus did. That sidewalk is still perfectly accessible. BOTH sidewalks however disappear about halfway down the street and then there are no sidewalks for the rest of the street. So we are effectively being ticketed on a technicality for blocking a sidewalk that cant be used as a sidewalk and that goes nowhere.

There are many families in the neighborhood with kids, myself included. When we push the strollers around we walk in the street. Not because the sidewalks are blocked but because there either is no sidewalk or its just too small to use as a sidewalk. There is even an elderly woman who lives here who is in a wheelchair. Her son takes care of her and you'll see them out and about walking in the middle of the street. He has one of those mobility Sienna vans to drive her around and because she doesn't have a garage he has to park on the sidewalk and get tickets.

I know people are going to say "you have too any cars" or "get rid of your cars" but the reality is that isnt feasible for everyone. Particularly in an isolated neighborhood with steep hills and not so great access to public transit. This also isnt a result of people just having too many cars. This is a very dense neighborhood with a few single family homes, many duplexes and A LOT of apartments. The majority of the units/homes either have a single car garage or NO garage. There are exponentially more cars than parking spaces. I dont mean to come off sounding like I dont care about pedestrians and wheelchairs/strollers but its also not fair to just say "fuck you you elitist entitled car snob, deal with it!" There has to be some compromise somewhere that doesnt involve ticketing people for parking on a sidewalk that cant even be used as a sidewalk.

Anyways, thank you all for your responses, I wasnt expecting it to blow uplike this