Free Parking Meters All Day / Thanksgiving Day Parking Rules in SF (2023)

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Thanksgiving Thursday is one of those rare days (only three days a year) when even parking meters in San Francisco take the day off. 

Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 (Thanksgiving Day): Although safety violations (no stopping, no parking, red and blue zones) are still enforced, The following parking regulations will not be enforced anywhere in the city: parking meters, seven-day street sweeping, residential parking permits, Monday-Friday daytime street sweeping and commuter towaway.

But on Friday, things are mostly back to normal (including parking meters being enforced)

Friday, Nov. 24, 2023 (Black Friday): Parking meters (all meters including color capped), white zones, nightly street sweeping (street cleaning) and safety violations (no stopping, no parking, red and blue zones) will be enforced citywide.

But it’s not all bad news on Friday. Residential parking permits, general parking time limits, Monday-Friday daytime street sweeping, unmetered yellow and green zones and commuter towaway will not be enforced.

Vehicles creating a hazard and/or an unsafe condition (i.e. double parking, blocking a bike lane, blocking driveways, blocking crosswalks, fire hydrants, etc.) are always subject to receiving citations and may be towed.

Note: Parking meters in the city are enforced Monday through Saturday with exception of the following areas where parking meters are enforced seven days per week throughout the year except Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day:

• Parking meters in the Fisherman’s Wharf area
• Along The Embarcadero Roadway
• In the Special Event Area around AT&T Park
• Five metered off-street parking facilities listed below:
• 8^th Avenue at Clement Street
• 9^th Avenue at Clement Street
• Geary Boulevard at 21^st Avenue
• 18^th Avenue at Geary Boulevard
• Pierce Street Garage (between Lombard and Chestnut streets)

Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 23

Safety violations (no stopping, no parking, red and blue zones) will be enforced.

Other SFMTA parking programs will not be enforced:

• Parking meters (all meters including color-capped and Pay or Permit)
• White zones
• Nightly street sweeping
• Time-limited Residential Parking Permits (RPP) Zones
• General Parking Time Limits
• Weekday Daytime Street Sweeping (Street Cleaning 6am-2pm)
• Commuter Shuttle Towaway Zones
• Unmetered Yellow and Green Zones

Day after Thanksgiving – Friday, November 24

Parking meters (all meters including color-capped and Pay or Permit), white zones, nightly street sweeping (street cleaning 12am-6am) will be enforced.
Safety violations (no stopping, no parking, red and blue zones) will be enforced.

Other SFMTA parking programs will not be enforced:

• Time-limited Residential Parking Permits (RPP) Zones
• General Parking Time Limits
• Weekday Daytime Street Sweeping (Street Cleaning 6am-2pm)
• Commuter Shuttle Towaway Zones
• Unmetered Yellow and Green Zones

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