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San Mateo council directs limited enforcement of vehicle-lodging code with 45-day grace period
Summary
The San Mateo City Council gave staff direction to implement a service-first enforcement approach to the city's prohibition on living in vehicles (San Mateo Municipal Code §1004.140), including multilingual outreach, a 45-day grace period before citations, and follow-up reports to council.
San Mateo — The San Mateo City Council on Monday night directed staff to resume enforcement of the city's prohibition on using vehicles for habitation (San Mateo Municipal Code §1004.140) under a service-first model that includes outreach and a 45-day grace period before citations would be issued.
Senior Management Analyst Zachary Bridal told the council staff had identified three options: (1) enforce the code with at least two outreach attempts before issuing a 24-hour warning and subsequent citation or enforcement; (2) strictly enforce the code without outreach; or (3) continue the current practice of outreach without citations. "Section 1004.140 ... states that it is unlawful for any person to use a vehicle for lodging in the city of San Mateo," Bridal said during the presentation.
The nut of the council's decision was balancing public health, safety and neighborhood concerns with efforts to connect people living in vehicles to services. Bridal said the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) performs regular…
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