Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

You have to check with the agency handling the hearings as to what else you can do. You encountered one of the most common rip off local govenment encourage and inable. I also had to pay storage charges for my stolen car [no question but that it was stolen] and the storage people [who often steal items from the cars] blame the police and hide behind a law not requiring them to do anything as to notifying the owner for several days while the charges build up]. The police say it is not their job to notify the owner or will claim they tried to do so.

I doubt there is anything that you can do successfully beyond trying to get the money from the girl or her parents if she is a minor, seeing if you can convince your car insurance adjuster that it is a covered loss [they will reject that]. If yo do not mind losing a day from work, file a claim within 180 days of thh incident with the public entity involved [Government tort Claims Act], the sue it and the towing and storage company and the girl in Small Claims Court trying to get a joint and several judgment. If you win, you are a hero. Also complain to the governing body of the local jurisdiction.

If you want to feel better, chalk it up to one of the injustices of life and push it to the back of your mind.