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Bayview VTC residents urge supervisors to delay Feb.14 closure, cite ADA and seizure concerns
Summary
Multiple Bayview Vehicle Triage Center residents told the board the site faces a planned Feb. 14 closure and that the city did not hold a required public hearing; commenters cited HUD ADA investigations, denied reasonable accommodations, rodent infestations and fears that RVs will be impounded.
Several residents of the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center (VTC) and nearby safe‑parking sites testified at the Jan. 28 board meeting that a planned closure on Feb. 14 would abruptly displace dozens of people living in RVs and trailers. They urged the Board of Supervisors to intervene or delay the closure.
Ramona Maayan, a remote commenter who identified herself as living in a broken RV adjacent to the Hunters Point shipyard, told supervisors she and other residents were alarmed by notices about a February 14 closure and said the city should have held a public hearing before limiting services or closing the facility. She cited City Charter 16, Section 16.112 and warned residents are in a “high state of panic.”
"VTC has closed on February 14. According to City Charter 16, Section 16.112, there should have been a public hearing with notice prior to limiting services or closing a public facility," Maayan said.
Kelly Hughes, who identified herself in the chamber as living in an RV at the Bayview VTC and as someone with mobility needs, said HUD has been investigating the site's ADA compliance for about 15 months and that reasonable‑accommodation requests have gone unanswered. Hughes described incomplete repairs and damage that have left her RV leaking.
"I like, right now, it's literally raining inside my RV because they only got half a windshield in," Hughes said, noting she and others had been approved for repairs that were then stalled.
Other speakers who live at or represent VTC residents asked the board to pause the planned closure after the city invested in the site. Aaron Wilson, speaking for Bayview VTC residents, said the facility received more than $15 million in city funds and warned that closing the site would place roughly 30 RVs back onto city streets.
Speakers raised legal concerns about vehicle seizure and civil‑liberties protections; Maayan cited California Vehicle Code language she described as implicating seizure rules and a right to a pre‑seizure hearing.
The clerk noted the board had received three ADA accommodation requests for the meeting and that staff could accept documents into the public record. No formal motion or vote on the VTC closure was recorded at the meeting; public comment was received and entered into the record for board and administrative review.
The board did not take immediate action during the Jan. 28 meeting; residents said they had sent emails to supervisors and the mayor and asked for a stay or further conversation. Supervisors and staff will need to confirm the timeline and legal prerequisites for closing or repurposing the site and to coordinate any relocation or rehousing offers before Feb. 14.
