"Palo Alto's got a problem. People are parking their RVs on city streets. They're dumping their waste in the street gutters, which flows through the storm sewers and into the Bay. It's happening in residential neighborhoods and business areas. Now people are trying to solve the problem. In August, City Council's Policy and Services Committee proposed the following: 1. Requiring permits for RVs on some streets 2. Banning trailers and broken-down RVs from other streets 3. Sweeping and cleaning up streets more often"
"4. Launching a buyback program for RV dwellers, and moving those people to a homeless shelter Roger Smith, a retired banker and all-around-good-citizen, is running ads in the Post that propose more enforcement by police. There you have the two sides of this issue - increased enforcement, which may seem too punitive to Palo Altans, and more lenient measures - such as permits and a buyback program. Given these two perspectives, the challenge for Palo Alto's leaders is to strike a happy medium between the two."
Palo Alto faces a problem with RVs parked on city streets that are dumping waste into street gutters and storm sewers, ultimately contaminating the Bay. The issue occurs in both residential neighborhoods and business areas. The City Council's Policy and Services Committee proposed permits for RVs on some streets, bans on trailers and broken-down RVs on others, more frequent street sweeping and a buyback program to move RV dwellers into a shelter. A local resident is running ads calling for stronger police enforcement. The proposals represent tougher enforcement versus more lenient, supportive approaches. City leaders must balance these competing responses.
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