PARKING AND CITATIONS

Parking Update

Winter/spring 2026

Employees

Parking is free
Temporary hanger-style permits are available through Fall 2026
Pick up your free permit (one per employee, bring staff ID please) at:
- Foothill (main) Police Department – Campus Center Room 2103, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills or
- De Anza Police Substation – Hinson Campus Center Lower Level, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino
Display the permit on your rear view mirror or dashboard so it is clearly visible.
Parking enforcement started on November 1, 2025. Warnings (not tickets) were issued for the first two weeks, then citations will be issued for vehicles parked in staff spaces without a permit showing. Due to construction, the Sunnyvale campus is exempt from enforcement until June 2026.

ID cards

The Police Department requires a STAFF ID to pick up a staff parking permit. Staff ID's can be found here:

Physical ID cards
- Foothill College: ASFC Welcome Center, Room 2016
- De Anza College: Office of College Life, lower level of Campus Center
Digital ID cards
- Within the Banner System, search Digital ID card
- *The digital ID card is only valid with a photo. If you have never had a staff ID, you will need to go to one of the physical ID card locations to have a photo taken.

Students & Visitors

Parking is free
Permits are not required for Winter and Spring 2026.
Please do not park in staff-designated spaces

Starting in the Fall 2026 quarter, a new online system will be in place for students and employees to obtain free parking permits. We will provide more information on this new system later in the Summer 2026 quarter.

For more information or questions, please contact Joe Mauss at [email protected].

Timed Spaces

At Foothill College, there are free timed parking spaces in Lot 8 and near the Campus Center. At De Anza College there are timed parking spaces in Lot A1 in front of the Registration & Student Services building.

Having a student, staff or daily parking permit does NOT extend or remove the time limit on these spaces. If the vehicle exceeds the timed limit, a parking citation will be issued. It is NOT permitted to re-park any vehicle in the timed spaces in an attempt to extend the time limit.

Parking Citations

Parking citations issued at Foothill, De Anza and Sunnyvale campuses are $45.00 ($325.00 for handicapped violations). Parking citations may be paid or contested online at fhda.rmcpay.com.

Due to construction, the Sunnyvale campus is exempt from enforcement until June 2026.

Parking citations and traffic violation tickets issued by the Foothill-De Anza College Police Department are legal citations that cannot be canceled by the College administration.

Student vs. Staff Parking

There are staff parking lots located at both colleges. Any students found parked in a staff lot or staff parking space will be issued a parking citation.

Staff parking spaces are marked with YELLOW paint and student spaces are marked with WHITE paint

Contest or Make a Payment

To look up, CONTEST or MAKE A PAYMENT for a parking citation, you can complete an on-line form at fhda.rmcpay.com, or you may pick up and complete a Foothill-De Anza College District Parking Citation Administrative Review request form (at the Foothill Police Station or De Anza Substation). Mail it to:

Passport Labs, Inc
Attn: John Friedrich
325 Daniel Zenker Drive
Horseheads, NY 14845

An automated system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to check the status of your parking citation online at fhda.rmcpay.com.

To MAKE A PAYMENT for a traffic violation, visit the County traffic page here, call 408-556-3000, email [email protected] or write to:

Santa Clara County Superior - Traffic Court
191 N. First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

Indigent Status Payment Plans (AB503)

It is the policy of FHDA Community College District that the registered owner (CVC 460 & 505) or person responsible for parking citations, who qualify for indigent status, shall be allowed to enroll in a payment plan. This policy is in response to changes made to the California Vehicle Code as a part of Assembly Bill 503 (CA Vehicle Code 40220).

Any citations associated with the vehicle, registered owner, or person responsible may be included in the payment plan at the time of enrollment.
If additional citations are issued while a payment plan is in place, the plan will not be modified to include the new citations, nor will a concurrent payment plan be offered.
Citations in a payment plan will not be used toward immobilization/tow/impound (booting) requirements pursuant to CVC 22651(i)1.

Individuals who meet one or more of the following determinations of indigence will be approved for special processing as required by CVC 40220. Any of the following financial situations meet the requirements for approval:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and State Supplementary Payment (SSP).
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act (CalWORKs) or a federal Tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Tribal TANF).
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or the California Food Assistance Program (CalFresh).
County Relief, General Relief (GR), or General Assistance (GA).
Cash Assistance Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled Legal Immigrants (CAPI).
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS).
Safe firearm handling techniques;
An applicant whose monthly income is 125 percent or less of the current federal poverty guidelines (https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines)

Payment plans must be set-up at the FHDA District Police Department during regular business hours (8:00 AM to 4:00 PM) BY APPOINTMENT ONLY (call 650-949-7313 for appointment). The form to apply for the Indigent Payment Plan can be obtained HERE, or in-person at either the Foothill or De Anza Police Stations.

If an applicant's indigent status is found to have been willfully fraudulent, his or her fines and fee reduction shall be overturned and the full amount of fines and fees shall be restored.

The fee to enroll in the Indigent Payment Plan is five dollars ($5.00). Payment plans will allow the payment of unpaid parking fines and fees to be paid off in monthly installments of no more than twenty-five dollars ($25), for total amounts due that are three hundred dollars ($300) or less. However, unpaid parking fines and fees shall be paid off within 18 months. There shall be no prepayment penalty for paying off the balance prior to expiration of the payment plan period.

An approved payment plan waives all late fees and penalty assessments, exclusive of any state surcharges described in Sections 70372, 76000, and 76000.3 of the Government Code, if an indigent person enrolls in the payment plan. Waived late fees and penalty assessments may be reinstated if the person falls out of compliance with the payment plan.

Applications for indigence determination / payment plans must be received within 60 calendar days from the issuance of the most recent parking violation, or 10 days after the administrative hearing determination, whichever is later. The registered owner or lessee who fails to enroll in the payment plan within the time specified in the notice, or who is not eligible for the payment plan because he or she is not indigent, will not be approved.

When a registered owner or lessee falls out of compliance with the payment plan, a one-time extension of 45 calendar days (from the date the plan becomes delinquent) will be given before the payment plan is canceled and a DMV hold is initiated.

Payments must be made each calendar month.

No invoices or payment reminders will be sent.
Once a payment date is set, there is no grace period for late payments.
Payments cannot be made on-line.
All payments will be due by the 5th day of each month.
For mailed payments, a postmark is acceptable to meet this requirement.

Payments must be mailed to:

Passport Labs, Inc
Attn: John Friedrich
325 Daniel Zenker Drive
Horseheads, NY 14845

This policy shall not affect individual campus procedures for using the Franchise Tax Board, or the student hold process for fee collection.