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Safe parking program flourishes as cities scramble to house the homeless

Original post made on Apr 24, 2020

Placing the unhoused in a safe, clean location during the coronavirus pandemic has been a top priority for cities and counties across California, and safe parking appears to be a local success story.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, April 23, 2020, 1:21 PM

Comments (4)

Posted by MvResident
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Apr 24, 2020 at 12:02 pm

I commend the MV City Council and city staff for developing and managing the Safe Parking program. It is so much better for everybody to have the RVs off the streets, in a safe area, with services and case workers. However, I would still like to hear a truthful statement of how and the timing of this county-leasing "loophole" being found. Couldn't this breakthrough have happened much earlier?


Posted by AC
a resident of Shoreline West
on Apr 25, 2020 at 11:22 am

A local success story ??? Roads are closed for driving, Parks are closed, no one is out working or commuting and Safe parking is a success? Why don't we claim successful Clean air act for no SMOG and recycle bag use failure.


Posted by way if there's will
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Apr 28, 2020 at 5:14 pm

Often, there is a way to make compassionate movement, you just need to find a will. I'm glad somebody (Simitian and his staff is my first guess) made this leap of compassion to work. I do not believe with the MV Mayor or the Vice Mayor were those elected people (do you?).


Posted by The Business Man
a resident of Castro City
on Apr 28, 2020 at 6:06 pm

I just read that the Landlords are PROMISING to suspend Costa Hawkins in this article from COSTAR (Web Link

I guess they KNOW that the ballot measure to repeal it is going to pass this time.

I wonder what information they have.


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