The residents and their advocates staged a rally Tuesday morning, a last-ditch effort to press their demands and ask the city to reconsider its plans
They’ve been asking city officials to help them relocate to a city-backed safe parking site for years. But now time is quickly running out for the dozens of families living in RVs along Winston Drive near Lake Merced as the city prepares to begin a road improvement project sometime next month.
Advocates estimate that roughly 60 households are living in RVs along Winston Drive and its cross street, Buckingham Way. Dozens more live along nearby Lake Merced Boulevard. Before the road work begins sometime in July, those living in RVs will be notified that their vehicles will be towed if they are not moved.
In the meantime, the department has been offering other housing options to residents. According to the agency, it is in active contact with 70 families living in the area, offering many of them housing vouchers as well as other support services. San Francisco cannabis sales slip continues in 2024 San Francisco's taxable cannabis sales dropped 35% from a 2021 peak.
Others who have received the vouchers said that they have been unable to find any landlords willing to accept them. That’s the case for Jessica Coello, who said in Spanish that she has been searching for an apartment for three months to no avail, having applied for 15 apartments and been rejected each time.
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