Two neighborhoods in San Francisco reveal the fallout of the city's rising RV crisis and its impact on residents. The city's efforts to curb vehicular homelessness have led to a decrease in safe parking options for RV residents.
Jessica Cuevas, 32, is one of the many affected by the crackdown. After being evicted from her $3,800-a-month rental, she bought an RV on Facebook Marketplace and initially parked near her son's school in the Bayview. However, due to accumulating parking tickets, she moved to Lake Merced, where she now lives with her eight-year-old son.
Along John Muir Drive in Lake Merced, over a dozen RVs line the curb, with residents like Cuevas who may soon have to leave due to the city's crackdown. This collaborative story with El Tecolote is part of the 2025 Ethnic Media Collaborative, Healing California.
The story highlights the lives caught in between the city's efforts to address vehicular homelessness and the dwindling safe parking options for RV residents.
Author's summary: San Francisco's RV crackdown affects residents' lives.