Lurie's So-Called RV Crackdown Begins Today, But Two-Hour Parking Limit Still Months Away

"Mayor Lurie's new effort to get many RVs off SF streets with a two-hour parking limit is now in effect, except the actual two-hour parking limit does not kick in until November. And the city will offer cash in an RV buyback program. This has been a big week for Mayor Daniel Lurie's plans to reduce San Francisco homelessness, or at least, visible San Francisco homelessness."

"Our message is clear: oversized vehicles can no longer be stored on city streets, the SF Department of Emergency Management said in a statement, per NBC Bay Area. "We are pairing that expectation with real pathways to safe, stable housing, followed by consistent enforcement. Right now we're going into the initial September phase, which is described as service first outreach. In the words of Lurie's press release last month, that means outreach teams trained to work with people living in large vehicles, with language skills."

"In October, they plan to make housing offers, though we seem to never have enough beds and shelter for these people. But there's also a novel idea in which the city will buy back people's RVs, or in the words of that release, the city will offer cash incentives to residents living in large vehicles in San Francisco as of May 2025 to relinquish their large vehicles. It is not mentioned how much cash, but this may be an effective strategy."

Mayor Daniel Lurie launched a phased effort to remove long-term RV parking from San Francisco streets, beginning with service-first outreach in September. The plan includes encampment sweeps, a Caltrans agreement to clear encampments around highway overpasses, and October housing offers followed by full two-hour parking limit enforcement in November. Outreach teams will have language skills and trauma-informed training to work with people living in large vehicles. The city will offer cash incentives and an RV buyback program for residents in large vehicles as of May 2025, though incentive amounts were not specified and shelter capacity concerns persist.

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