Hold City Hall Accountable: End the Cruel Rollout of the RV Ban
Call your Mayor.
Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
Your RV Ban is causing harm ; I request that end the cruel rollout of the ban with the following actions:
Refund the purchasers of fake permits and replace their permits with legitimate Large Vehicle Refuge Permits.
Allow people who were living in RVs by the end of May 2025 to obtain permits and appeal denials. Open back up the appeals process.
Issue permits to the residents of the Candlestick RV Park so they have a choice, and thus, rent gouging can stop.
Halt the towing of homes for two-hour violations.
Ensure housing is distributed fairly, and that people on the streets and in cars are not overlooked in favor of those in better-positioned RVs.
Background
Mayor Lurie's RV ban has led to hundreds of San Franciscans losing their homes without replacement. Here's some of what's been happening since the Board of Supervisors and the Mayor approved this mass gentrification project in July 2025.
In May 2025, the city conducted an RV count. They missed one out of every five RVs. So from the start, hundreds of qualified households had no way to obtain the permits they needed to protect their homes.n Nov 1.
The city distributed flyers stating that November 1st was the deadline to apply or appeal. Some RV residents who were missed in the count appeared on November 1st, ready to appeal, only to be told the appeals process had closed on October 30th. For those who appealed, many were denied because the requirements kept changing.
In the administration's shoddy rollout, we have seen a permit process intended to make it easy for our most vulnerable neighbors to access housing and shelter, instead been intentionally bogged down by convoluted bureaucracy and ever-changing requirements. This created an ideal environment for scammers selling fake permits to desperate families. The City has refused to reimburse these homeless families for permits they paid more than $500 for, nor has it guaranteed that they received authentic permits.
The appeals process that should have allowed RV residents who were missed in the city's May 2025 count to apply for permits closed within 30 days of opening. This was an intentional act to limit the number of RV residents eligible for a permit. The Mayor's office has refused to reopen the appeals process, even for folks who have the necessary proof that they were present by the May deadline.
Now, the only privately run RV park in the city, Candlestick RV Park, has raised its prices in response to the Mayor's 2-hour parking restriction on large vehicles, seeking to increase rent for non-homeless RV residents.
We are in an affordability crisis, with 14,000 people waiting for housing in this city and nearly 1,000 single adults and family households on the shelter waitlist. RV residents agree—they have a home; why should they be forced from theirs to take a housing spot that is desperately wanted by families without an RV?
References
RV dwellers say S.F. outreach worker is selling parking permits for cash
Other Info above provided by the Coalition on Homelessness