This July, after first winning approval from the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), the SF Board of Supervisors, by a 9-to-2 majority, approved a plan by Mayor Daniel Lurie that makes it illegal to park recreational vehicles (RVs) and other oversized vehicles on city streets for more than two hours. Violators are subject to tickets, fines and towing charges.
Many owners use RVs as residential units more than for recreational uses.
In the near future, RVs – viewed by some as signs of “visible poverty” and by others as sanctuaries from the chaos of the streets and shelter life – are set to gradually disappear from city streets…