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Residents and advocates urge delay to Winston Drive parking limits until safe parking and housing are secured
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the commission that families living in RVs on Winston Drive and Buckingham Way need a confirmed safe-parking site and housing placements before SFMTA implements a four-hour parking restriction; they urged HSH and SFMTA to coordinate alternatives.
Dozens of public commenters at the Feb. 12 meeting asked the Homelessness and Supportive Housing Commission to press HSH and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) to postpone or halt the four-hour parking enforcement that could displace families living in vehicles on Winston Drive and Buckingham Way.
Sheba Bandiba, a policy associate at GLIDE, said monolingual Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking families living in RVs have waited for a safe parking solution and that outreach and supports from HSH have been insufficient. "All they're asking for is a safe place to live and to raise their children," she said.
Multiple speakers (including Miguel Carrera, Flo Kelly and Javier Vermont from homeless-service coalitions) told commissioners they had helped residents negotiate delayed enforcement in earlier months but still had no transparent timeline or an identified safe-parking site on San Francisco's west side. Commenters emphasized that implementing short-term parking limits without a nearby, resourced safe-parking program would simply push families into greater instability.
Jessica Hernandez, who spoke on behalf of RV residents, warned that mis-matching placements and a lack of housing options would return people to the streets if enforcement proceeds without alternatives. Speakers urged HSH to coordinate with SFMTA and the Mayor's Office to identify a site and provide wraparound services including shallow subsidies and case management.
Commissioners acknowledged the comments and several asked HSH staff during the director's report and Q&A to continue outreach coordination with SFMTA and to be transparent with the community about timing and available options.
HSH staff later reiterated that staff are coordinating multiagency outreach and that any enforcement would be preceded by outreach and referral options, but members of the public told the commission they need concrete assurances and a named safe-parking site before enforcement moves forward.
