A stretch of asphalt by Lake Merced has become embroiled in a battle between residents, businesses and the RV dwellers who've made it their home.
A stretch of asphalt by Lake Merced and the San Francisco Zoo has become embroiled in a battle between residents, businesses and the RV dwellers who've made Zoo Road their home.
"I came out here because I knew about it; I knew it was not used very much and seemed like a good place to go," said Mike Sawyer, who has been living in a trailer on Zoo Road for the past couple of years."Before that, I lived on Egbert Ave. in the Bayview, and that was way worse than this, garbage everywhere, abandoned cars."The home Sawyer shares with his 3-year-old pit bull mix, Trooper, is one of about half a dozen trailers or RVs parked at the mouth of Zoo Road.
He added that The City isn't working with him to alleviate concerns. Instead, he's been the soundboard for a steady number of complaints"mainly about people feeling unsafe and not being able to drive here." In July, the RV community received at least two notices from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency telling them they needed to leave, said Sawyer, and since then, they've been asked to move their vehicles every so often.
Zoo employees have also gotten involved recently, he said, coming by and taking photos and making his community uncomfortable. Ruland added that people driving by will verbally harass them. Farrah said the biggest concern is"the occupation of multiple parts of the street with mostly garbage."
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