founded 2013 ; 3 years ago 2013 founder paolo dobrowolny federico di legge roberto zanetti headquarters san francisco california united states key people paolo dobrowolny federico di legge roberto zanetti website monkeyparking.co monkeyparking is a mobile app that allows users of the service to auction parking spaces to other users . 1 the company was founded in 2013 by paolo dobrowolny federico di legge and roberto zanetti . 2 the app first allowed users to auction off public city owned parking spots to the highest bidder is now focused on private parking spot property owners are allowed to grant permission for others to park in front of their driveways . 3 on street parking edit in june 2014 the san francisco s city attorney office issued a cease and desist order to stop the company s operations on on street parking spots in san francisco describing the service as a predatory private market for parking spaces . 1 the city attorney of san francisco dennis herrera regarded the app as breaking a provision of the city s police code that specifically prohibits individuals or companies from buying selling or leasing public on street parking 4 and sent a request to the legal department of apple inc. to remove the app from apple s app store . 5 defending this usage ceo paolo dobrowolny said i have the right to tell people if i am about to leave a parking spot and they have the right to pay me for such information . 1 in july 2014 monkeyparking suspended its service in san francisco 6 and in february 2015 los angeles city council approved an ordinance making it illegal for any company similar to monkey parking to establish business within city limits . 7 in september 2014 monkeyparking announced plans to launch in santa monica . the city s parking administrator was critical of the app comparing it to a street bum who stands on a space waves someone in and asks for a tip . 8 apps including monkeyparking have been banned in boston . 7 a boston transportation planner said that the apps were doing a great thing in bringing more private supply into the public market giving the example of a church parking lot which could be used by commuters during the week but that such services should not be taking a public good and selling it on the private market . 7 references edit a b c monkey parking app s ceo refuses to halt operations in sf despite order from city attorney s office cbs san francisco . cbs san francisco . cbs local media 26 june 2014 . web . 25 sept. 2014 . http sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com 2014 06 26 monkey parking apps ceo refuses to halt operations in sf despite order from city attorneys office . monkeyparking . crunchbase . crunchbase n.d. web . 25 sept. 2014 . http www.crunchbase.com organization monkeyparking . monkeyparking is back and ready to disrupt your driveway . http www.modernluxury.com san francisco story monkeyparking back and ready disrupt your driveway . office of the city attorney news release 2014 06 23 . sfcityattorney.org . monkey parking app s ceo refuses to halt operations in sf despite order from city attorney s office cbs san francisco . cbs san francisco . cbs local media 26 june 2014 . web . 25 sept. 2014 . http sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com 2014 06 26 monkey parking apps ceo refuses to halt operations in sf despite order from city attorneys office entis laura . san francisco says enough monkey business tells parking spot app to shut down . entrepreneur . entrepreneur magazine 11 july 2014 . web . 25 sept. 2014 . http www.entrepreneur.com article 235575 . a b c giovanni moujaes . l.a. city council monkeying with parking apps . neontommy.com . gene maddaus . kicked out of san francisco monkeyparking app plans a fresh start in santa monica . la weekly . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title monkeyparking & oldid 653537694 categories ios softwareparkinghidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 march 2015 at 00 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view