rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/stop-the-rv-ban-protect-people-experiencing-homelessness?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-stop-the-rv-ban-protect-people-experiencing-homelessness' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> GLIDE Center for Social Justice https://actionnetwork.org/groups/glide-center-for-social-justice https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/groups/default_facebook_images/000/281/063/original/GLIDE_Logo_unconditionally.png?1697491856 In October of last year, former Mayor London Breed introduced a citywide ban on RV parking. Our Board of Supervisors rejected that proposal because it would plunge people who rely on their vehicles for shelter, including many immigrants, families, and people with disabilities, into deeper instability and towards street homelessness. Now, Mayor Lurie is introducing a proposal for a citywide, 2-hour limit on RV parking. This approach, which targets working class San Franciscans and punishes people just trying to survive in this city, is not only a tired and recycled idea. It comes at the worst possible time, when immigrants and people of color are already facing unprecedented attacks from out federal government. When people’s RVs are towed, they lose their only form of shelter. There are over 1,400 people in San Francisco living in their vehicles, and the City lacks a significant amount of shelter beds and capacity to offer families, people with disabilities and seniors when they are seeking it. The 2024 Point-In-Time Count found that 90% of families experiencing unsheltered homelessness live in their vehicles. Currently, there are over 850 people on the family shelter waitlist and not enough deeply affordable housing, which is why many individuals and families end up living in RVs. People who live in RVs are not going to disappear or all leave the city; implementing a citywide ban would only push people into tents and deeper instability. Without enough housing resources, more people in RVs will end up on the streets. Please join the End Poverty Tows coalition in calling on city leadership to reject this measure and focus on the real solutions instead, such as moving people into housing. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-the-rv-ban-protect-people-experiencing-homelessness