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- ↑ "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>.
- 1 2 3 Giovanni Moujaes. "L.A. City Council "Monkeying" With Parking Apps". neontommy.com.
- ↑ Gene Maddaus (18 September 2014). "Kicked Out of San Francisco, MonkeyParking App Plans a Fresh Start in Santa Monica". LA Weekly.