Hillary Ronen: vehicular homelessness crisis unfair for Portola neighbors
Channel: Roan Kattouw
Date: 2019-02-07

Part of a statement by Hillary Ronen in support of banning RVs around the University Mound Reservoir, read out by her aide. Ronen's full statement is here: https://youtu.be/8jm51HVmOXo

SFMTA Board meeting on February 5, 2019


Transcript:

For years, the City's approach to this issue has been to ban oversize vehicles on streets where there have been complaints, without any overarching City policy. It is, in fact, the proliferation of these bans all over the City that has led to the situation that we currently have in the Portola, where streets around the reservoir are inundated with 20-30 RVs each night. It's simply unfair that this small group of Portola neighbors has to bear the brunt of the crisis of vehicular homelessness, and the City's ineffective response to this crisis.