According to the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, city officials have already moved 50 households from vehicles on Winston Drive near Stonestown Mall and Zoo Road near Lake Merced into long-term housing since June after threatening to tow their vehicles. This underlines the urgency of housing solutions that extend beyond temporary measures.
Affordable housing activists and critics argue the proposed law does nothing to fix the lack of affordable housing in the city or access to safe parking sites. They point out that without addressing these systemic issues, measures like parking enforcement become ineffective and punitive.
'If the conversation was, 'Give up your RV for permanent shelter,' it would be a completely different conversation,' Lukas Illa, an organizer with the Coalition on Homelessness, said. This statement encapsulates the frustration felt by many advocates who see temporary solutions as inadequate.
Housing is one of the most crucial - and contentious - issues in the Bay Area. KQED aims to explore stories about housing affordability, which remains a complex problem needing comprehensive solutions rather than short-term fixes.
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