Two San Francisco neighborhoods are experiencing the consequences of a citywide crackdown on RVs, with residents' lives severely impacted.
A recent story, co-published with El Tecolote as part of the 2025 Ethnic Media Collaborative, Healing California, explores the issue. As the city intensifies efforts to curb vehicular homelessness, safe parking options for RV residents are dwindling.
In the Lake Merced neighborhood, over a dozen RVs are parked along John Muir Drive. One resident, Jessica Cuevas, 32, lives in an RV with her eight-year-old son. After being evicted from her $3,800-a-month rental, she purchased an RV on Facebook Marketplace and initially parked near her son's school in the Bayview.
However, due to accumulating parking tickets, she relocated to Lake Merced, joining other RV residents who may soon face displacement again, with no alternative options available.
As San Francisco steps up efforts to curb vehicular homelessness, safe parking options for RV residents have dwindled.
Author's summary: San Francisco's RV crackdown affects residents' lives.