Two neighborhoods in S.F. reveal the aftermath of a citywide RV crackdown — and it’s about to get worse

San Francisco's RV Crisis

Two neighborhoods in San Francisco reveal the aftermath of a citywide RV crackdown. The city's efforts to curb vehicular homelessness have led to a decline in safe parking options for RV residents.

Along John Muir Drive in the Lake Merced neighborhood, over a dozen RVs line the curb. One resident, Jessica Cuevas, 32, lives with her eight-year-old son in an RV. She was evicted from her $3,800-a-month rental in January and bought the RV on Facebook Marketplace.

After being evicted, she parked near her son's school in the Bayview, but moved to Lake Merced due to accumulating parking tickets.

Cuevas and other RV residents may soon have to leave, with nowhere else to go. The city's crackdown on RVs has left many without a safe place to park.

Author's summary: San Francisco's RV crisis worsens.

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