An Event from the UCLA Center for Parking Policy
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
State Preemption of Parking Minimums:
Insights from Washington and California
With Catie Gould and Amy Lee
What happens when states take the lead on parking reform? This event explores the growing movement to preempt minimum parking requirements at the state level, with attention to how policy design varies across states, including in Washington and California. We’ll hear from Catie Gould on the path to passing Washington’s SB 5184, and from Amy Lee on how California’s AB 2097 is playing out on the ground. The event will conclude with time for questions and discussion.
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Speakers
Catie Gould
Senior Researcher, Sightline InstituteCatie Gould is a leading storyteller, researcher, and advocate for parking reform whose work helped win groundbreaking parking reforms in Oregon, Anchorage, Montana, and Washington state. Contributing to these wins were her numerous local stories spotlighting small businesses and homebuilding efforts harmed by parking mandates; her cataloguing dozens of cities’ arcane parking rules in a report for lawmakers and advocates; her compelling testimony in public hearings; and her reliable aid to legislative champions as a policy expert.
She is a senior researcher with Sightline Institute and a contributor to the book The Shoup Doctrine, honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Donald Shoup. Learn more about Catie’s work at sightline.org/parking.
Amy Lee
Postdoctoral Scholar, UC DavisAmy Lee is a postdoctoral scholar at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on the policy and politics of transportation and planning, and the decision-making processes that govern how we get around. Her topical areas of study include highways, parking, and sustainable communities. Her recent dissertation investigated the policy and politics of highway expansion.
Amy was previously a postdoctoral scholar at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, and she received her PhD in Transportation Technology & Policy at the University of California, Davis. Prior to academia she was a research analyst at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.