The SFMTA is considering expanding the definition of RVs to include mobile homes, box trucks, and other campers.
A proposed resolution before the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA)’s Board of Supervisors would expand the definition of recreational vehicles (RVs) to prevent more people from living in their vehicles on city streets.
As Kara St. Cyr notes in a CBS News article, the resolution would add mobile homes, box trucks, and other large campers to the definition of RVs. “Representatives for the agency emphasized that the resolution would not cause an immediate sweep of RVs parked on city streets, but instead would give SFMTA the power to restrict large recreational vehicle parking and tow violators.”
Advocates for unhoused people say the change would make living conditions less safe for many people living in their vehicles and doesn’t address the root causes of homelessness or provide safe places for people to park.
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