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City pilots vehicle triage center near Balboa BART; advocates call for rapid expansion
Summary
San Francisco opened a 30-spot Vehicle Triage Center pilot at 2340 San Jose Ave to serve people living in vehicles; early data show the site reached capacity and most guests were in housing-referral status. The Budget & Legislative Analyst estimated $3.2M–$6.1M to open an additional comparable site, and Real Estate staff identified 14 potential sites under consideration.
The committee heard an update on the city’s Vehicle Triage Center (VTC) pilot and broader safe-parking planning on Feb. 24.
The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) described the VTC at 2340 San Jose Avenue (District 11), which opened in December 2019 as an interim use of an SFMTA lot pending affordable housing redevelopment. The pilot was designed as a high-service, low-barrier site modeled on navigation-center practices and built in partnership with Urban Alchemy (site provider), SF HOT (case management),…
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