First of all, I'll give you a little history last week, I went to the Van Nuys SDI office on Thursday I arrived at 10:30 am I was added to a list on my phone. I was number 98.
I asked the attendant if he had any idea how long it might be and he said approximately four hours.
He said I was on the list and I could go sit in my car and they would call me when it was time for me to go to the lobby.
I left the area in my car and did some errands. I went to check the list and but it was no longer accessible on my phone.
. I assumed I was no longer on it.
5 1/2 hours later I got a notification text saying it was time for me to go to the lobby to get ready to go upstairs.
By that time, I was across town and it was too far to venture back.
There was PARKING behind the office.
I parked there for five minutes while I checked in and it cost me two dollars.
There isn't much information about the cost of parking. It is not owned by the city. It is a private lot so you might want to look for parking in the neighborhood.
I said to the attendant there are two disability offices, right?
Do you think it matters which one you go to and he said I think most everyone comes here. They don't go downtown.
I decided to go to the downtown office. I had read it's a good idea to avoid Mondays because they're usually very busy.
I took the advice of someone and went on a Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately, I arrived later than I'd hope to I'd hoped to be there by 2:00 pm but arrived at 2:45.
I'm only mentioning this because I was one of the last people seen that day.
They close at 5 o'clock and if you're in line and they can't get you before then you'll have to come back another day. I would suggest going by 2:00 pm. You should be safe to be seen.
There is parking in the building, but I would avoid it. I asked the parking attendant and he said if I was longer than an hour, it goes up really high and can go up to $46.
I parked in a lot at the corner of flower and eighth at a flat rate of $15 downtown parking is expensive take transit if you can.
The office was pretty organized. There was a holding room where you sat in chairs and they kept moving you up until it was your turn to get in line in the office. There were three employees working there each at a different station behind glass.
That room smelled bad. It was carpeted the whole place smelled like sweaty men.
I felt sorry for the employees working there. The carpet was stained. I don't know why there would be a carpet in there seems like a bad choice to me.
The employees at this office were great for the most part and they seem to have it really down. They would ask people questions before they got in line in case they needed to deal with things in another way they were very courteous and they kept things moving they had a good system! There was a lot of people that needed help and they got them through pretty quickly.
Be prepared if there's anything you might have to have mailed. PRINT it before you go. They don't send anything out online from that office. They only send it through the mail so make sure you go and print what you need sent out before you arrive.
ALL IN ALL THE LINE MOVED PRETTY QUICKLY. THEY WERE FAR LESS PEOPLE AT THAT OFFICE AND THEY WERE IN VAN NUYS ALTHOUGH THAT COULD HAVE TO DO WITH THE DAY I WENT.
DON'T PARK IN THE BUILDING IF YOU GO OVER AN HOUR IT'S GOING COST YOU A FORTUNE.
Make sure you print anything you need before you go. They do not send any email correspondence from that office to any other part of the SDI system.
Give yourself extra time to arrive there. It's quite busy downtown. The building is on the east side of Figueroa. They're all one-way street so if you miss the building, you'll be driving around in circles.
Good luck to you! I hope this information helps! read more