S.F. closed its parking lots and banned RVs. San Jose chose a different approach.

This week, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signed legislation banning RV dwellers from parking more than two hours on city streets.

Lurie described the ban as “led with compassion.” RV dwellers have three months to find other options, and city officials have offered to buy RVs from their owners, provide housing subsidies for nearly 800 people, and dedicate specific funding towards helping RV-dwelling families with children.

That, it appears, will leave a significant number of RV dwellers without a place to go. The San Francisco 2024 Point in Time count found an estimated 1,442 people living in vehicles across the city…

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