This parking lot serves for county offices and court offices across the street. In the first floor of the county offices is social services AKA welfare. They used to take cash payments, the prices are right at $0.75 per hour.. which you can dig down into your change in your cup holder and find that to pay your parking. 3 months ago they changed this policy to credit card only. It is in order to create a safe environment for the collectors at the booth. I've been calling and talking to people because people who go to the welfare office a r at a higher risk of not having a credit card. When I asked the toll taker what happens if I don't have credit card? They said they will send me the bill for $0.75 along with a $10 service fee. So if you don't have a credit card, you will have to pay $10 service fee. This is absolutely unreasonable! I have so far called two council members of Hayward, spoke with two supervisors at the welfare office which they were unaware of the situation, three Booth members that all verified $10 fee if the bill is mailed, and the manager overseeing laz parking company. The person at laz stated that there were going to be accommodations for the people from welfare with no credit cards but it just has not rolled out yet. I explained to him that it's been at least 3 months and something should be rolled out by now, validation at the county office of some sort. I will continue to challenge my local government to fix this problem for our poorest citizens. read more