San Francisco to ban homeless people from living in RVs with new parking limit
San Francısco (AP) -San Francisco, the mayor’s need to keep the sidewalks clear and prevent the accumulation of garbage, saying that the strict new parking borders will forbid the homeless people from living on the RVs.
Tuesday is targeting at least 400 entertainment vehicles in the city of 800,000 people for the final approval by San Francisco supervisors. RVs serve as shelter for people who cannot buy housing, including immigrant families with children.
Those who live in them say that they are a necessary option in an expensive city where it is impossible to find affordable apartments. However, the Mayor Daniel Lurie and other supporters of the policy say that their engine houses are not suitable for long -term life and that the city is obliged to provide shelter for those who need it and to clean the streets.
Kunal Modi, who advised the mayor on health, homelessness and family services, said, “We definitely want to serve those who are in the crisis throughout San Francisco,” he said. Uz We feel the responsibility to help them reach a stable solution. At the same time, we want to make sure that this stability is somewhere in the interior and is not exposed to the public way. ”
However, the critics of the plan say that it is cruel to force people to give up their single homes in exchange for a shot in traditional houses when there is almost enough units for all people who need help; The mayor offers additional money to help 65 households.
Jennifer Friedenbach, General Manager Homelessness coalitionThe city officials say that it is grieving to create details of a accompanying leave program that will exempt from the park boundaries as long as they work with homeless social assistant personnel to find residents of RV.
“I think there will be people who lose their RVs.
Like other US cities, San Francisco saw an explosion in the last years of people living from vehicles and RVs as the cost of living increased. Part of Lurie’s Part of Banning Vehicles San Francisco Cleaning Word The streets and part of a growing trend to ask Homeless people to accept offers Shelter or risk arrest or tours.
Solid New Rules
Regardless of the use of a residence, the proposal sets a two -hour parking border for 22 fit (7 meters) or 2 meters (2 meters) longer RVs and large -length vehicles.
In accordance with the accompanying leave program, RV residents registered to the city in May are exempt from the parking borders. On the other hand, they should accept the city’s temporary or longer housing proposal and get rid of the RVs when it is time to move. The city budget more than half a million dollars to buy RV from residents.
Permissions will last six months. The people who come after May in RVs will not be in accordance with the leave program and have to comply with the two -hour rule, which makes it impossible for a family to live within the city boundaries.
He first cleaned the Supervisors Board last week with two of the 11 supervisors who voted “No”.
RV residents cannot get rent
55 -year -old Carlos Perez was among the RV inhabitants who said that they could not meet the high rents of the city at the hearing this month. Perez works as a product distributor in full time and supports his brother who lives with him and cannot work due to a disability.
“We don’t do anything wrong. We are trying to keep this street clean,” he said to a recently related press journalist. “It’s not easy to be in such a place.”
Nevertheless, Perez also loves his place. Green RV is decorated with a houseplant like a house and has a small stove in which a sink and Carlos cook a bean soup in the afternoon.
He has been living in San Francisco for more than 30 years, roughly in RV in a rough ten years WORKING CLASS BAYView Mahalle. He can walk to work and are close to the hospital where his brother is dialysis several times a week.
Zach, who is another RV resident who wants to get the ability to get a job with his first name, began to live in the vehicle a dozen years ago after realizing that he was still struggling to pay rent, no matter how hard he works.
Now he works as a journey-Tour driver and follows his love of photography. He parks near Merced Lake in the city near the Pacific Ocean and pays 35 dollars every two to four weeks to throw waste properly and fill the vehicle with fresh water.
He says Lurie’s plan is short -minded. There is not enough housing and many prefer to live on a RV Stay in a sheltermay have restrictive rules. Zach, who is a bad, says that moving to a shelter that protects a clean space and is not addicted will be one step below. Still, waiting to get permission.
“If the housing was affordable, there was a very good chance to be here,” he said.
The city recently closed its single RV lot
RV residents say that San Francisco should open a safe parking lot where residents can empty the garbage and access electricity. However, the city officials closed a RV lot in April and cost about $ 4 million a year to serve the three dozen large vehicles and could not pass people into a more stable housing.
The new proposal of the Mayor comes with more money for beef Parking applications-an additional $ 11 million for a few households to go to subsidized residences for a few households.
Authorities acknowledge that it may not be enough to host all RV residents, but the city has hotel coupons and other housing subsidies.
Erica Kisch, CEO of Compass Family Services Helps homeless familiesHe says that they do not support the punishing nature of the proposal, but they are grateful for extra sources.
“He acknowledges that we should do better for families, the elderly and everyone living in a vehicle,” he said. “San Francisco certainly can do better.”
