Ha ha.. something that costs $30,000.00 is NOT FREE.

These people don't want to leave their precious parking spots. God knows what they are doing with their waste.

We have to start enforcing PARKING rules. That will clear this whole thing up in a few weeks.

Sigh, I kind of wish the MV Voice closed down comments on news stories about RV's. It's kind of sad watching the vitriol spew forth as neighbors anonymously argue past each other.

Free waste dumping was never a viable solution and it never will be. Get the RV's off the streets; that is the objective, not to provide a myriad of free services to keep them where they are. Other cities don't have this problem. Why? Because they enforce their own laws about vehicles parked on their streets. These vagrants are ruining a nice town and the bleeding heart liberals in the city government are letting them do it. Move it on or move it out! Enforcement of the laws is not cruel; it's necessary.

This is a regional problem, Los Altos needs to step up and work with Mountain View to find a solution. Instead they just ticket RV's immediately and push them over the border. Out of sight out of mind, no hand wringing or guilt over their zero tolerance policy, Or maybe the Silicon Valley Community Foundation can allocate some of that 13 BILLION for safety net programs (which they claim is one of their 'donor circle's)... Web Link

BTW... Council elections this November, let's elect someone who is going to serve the residents, not waste money on unsuccessful programs.

On a side note, I was told that when the City attempts to take a survey of RV dwellers to assess the problem, a significant number of these 'dwellers' refuse to engage and will not reveal any details about their situation. Those people need to be told "the price for living on our streets is that you have to cooperate with those trying to help you" otherwise ticket them.

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I cannot describe how angry this article makes me. My child practices soccer twice a week at Eagle Park, where there is an endless line of RV's parked permanently. Also, around the corner from my home, there are 3-5 very run down RV's parked everyday, next to the Nob Hill shopping center. I believe the RV's are supposed to move at night, due to posted signs indicating no parking 2a-6am on Pamela Drive, but I have never driven over there to check during those hours. Regardless, previous Voice articles have indicated the MVPD and City Council has made a conscious decision to not enforce parking laws. I'm not sure at what point this city lost it's way so badly that it decided it is ok to allow 30+ motorhomes, dumping raw sewage onto the street, to park their vehicles (often with a passenger car the occupants use to drive around town) directly next to the city center with children playing sports activities at the community park, the library, and the city swimming pool all within 500 feet. It must make for a nice view for the RV occupants! I would like to thank the Voice for reporting on this news. This really feels like the last straw. We need to draw a line as to what is acceptable, balancing tolerance for those that are struggling with the safety of our community's children.

They block the bike lanes
They put their belongings on the sidewalk daily
They park their passenger vehicles next to the RV (many times 2)
The RV’s block the view of on coming traffic (mercy right on shoreline)
They leave their garbage in adjacent lots.
They leave their pets in the RV when they go to work
It’s a blight on the once nice family neighborhood

This has gone on long enough.

@My Opinion:
You have it backwards. Los Altos actually enforced their laws, so the RV population moves out. MV does not enforce their laws, so they are a magnet to this population. If MV enforced their own laws, they would also not be a dumping ground.

Mountain View is now a "sanctuary city" for bums...???
I guess the new community garden on Shoreline and Latham will now become their personal food pantry.
I guess one can only expect this sort of pathetic situation with a communist radical agitator as mayor....

to Ron MV - about your post to @My Opinion...I believe that he/she has posted that Los Altos was enforcing their street parking laws, and because of that the RV's were moving over to MV to park here as rarely are the laws enforced at least that was the way I read it before seeing your correction. And @ShorelineWestDude...what you posted about the community garden being viewed as a personal food pantry is a great possibility. I had a plot in Palo Altos Main Community Garden by the library, and it was a large garden with many plots that were viewed as a freebie not only for the homeless, but also the residents with homes in the area. It was a continual battle for the garden manager to stop people coming in with their shopping bags to fill up from our hard earned produce. Sometimes we would end up at the end of the season with very, very little to show for our spent money for plants, our work, our sweat.

This is really frustrating to read.

City Council needs to enforce the law! We are ruining a beautiful city. For what? To protect a few that have total disregard for the law? How about those who pay taxes and make it possible for the city to even entertain programs like free waste dump?

This November let's vote for someone who will protect the tax paying residents of Mountain View. Let's get our city back!

Interesting, more people are upset about this situation than there are RVs on the street. Yet we pay for everything and they get a free pass because that’s where they decided to park Living the dream

It's cute watching all the liberals here go full Trump when they have to look at homeless people. Build the wall, huh?