Supervisor Ahsha Safaí helped open the city’s safe parking site near Balboa Park BART in February 2021. Now he wants to make it easier to create more such sites for people living in their vehicles.
The Board of Supervisors had to adopt special legislation to establish those sites, but Safaí’s legislation would eliminate that hurdle by amending the planning code to allow for safe parking and vehicle triage programs on designated sites for up to five years. According to the 2019 Point-in-Time Count, 35% percent of the city’s homeless population was sleeping in vehicles compared with13% in 2015.
“This is not a new model; this is something that’s been utilized around the country and it’s a recognition that this is part of our housing crisis,” Safaí said.— had 24/7 security, shower stations, bathrooms and potable water. There were social services on site, as well, and people had to undergo a housing assessment upon entry.found eight of the 75 people who stayed at the site in its first year found housing, while others left for a variety of reasons. The project cost about $1.7 million.
The effort comes at a price — about $5.6 million in startup costs and an estimated $12.2 million over the next two years,And the site continues to meet stiff resistance from neighbors. The Candlestick Heights Community Alliance filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the vehicle triage center in November. The lawsuit remains active as the two sides negotiate a potential settlement, according to Shirley Moore, chair of the alliance.
The San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness supports safe parking sites, but there can be pitfalls, said Carlos Wadkins, a human rights organizer for the nonprofit.
They’re all out of towners. Or are you saying that SF residents bought and brought huge volumes of RVs and vans to the city before they became homeless? If they are considered residents, then they should have to follow the rules the rest of us have to.
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