Joey Morales, known as the "Cone King" on TikTok , has made it his mission to stop people from using the orange pylons to reserve street parking along Los Angeles' busy roads.

"I started this about 2023, early 2023 is when I fully started going in with it," he said. "I want to say I've, at least, removed over 5,000 off of Los Angeles streets."

It's against city code to block the street with anything without a permit. Residents can call 311 to report it, but Morales turned into a vigilante parking enforcement officer after struggling to find street parking himself.

"A lot of people would say it's a Karen move," Morales said. "It is, but at the end of the day, you can't pick up a public parking spot and assume that because it's in front of your house, it belongs to you."

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