Safe Parking Program

Strongly supported extending the safe parking program, citing 131 people housed from 77 families and 23 motor homes removed from streets.

Murphy shared her family members' experience living in their car after foreclosure and praised Pacifica police, urging the safe parking program be continued and expanded.

Moore of Pacifica Housing for All presented a letter signed by 211 individuals and organizations urging extension and expansion of the safe parking program to Pescadero.

Stofan said housing is a sacred human right, cited the program's 30% permanent housing rate, and urged extension and expansion coastside.

Shimoda argued compassionate programs like safe parking actually save resources by giving services a known location, and urged the council not to let it lapse.

Chang, a lifelong resident, said RV dwellers are people trying their hardest to survive and deserve uplifting programs.

Urged extension of the Safe Parking Program, noting participants are mostly priced-out Pacifica residents and the program has successfully rehoused people.

Read a statement from Suzanne Moore supporting extension and expansion of the Safe Parking Program, which lapses this month and has housed 38 people.

Shared her family's experience with homelessness and shelters, strongly supporting the RV safe parking program's continuation and expansion.

Applauded swimmers for saving the pool, questioned long-term sustainability and disaster fund spending, and urged the council to preserve the safe parking program, calling it a prerequisite for an enforceable OSV ordinance.

Supported the safe parking program as an efficient, cost-effective solution and encouraged the council to find a way to keep it beyond two months.

Speaking for Faith in Action Bay Area, thanked the council for the two-month extension and formally requested the program be extended and expanded.

Described homelessness drivers and solutions, collected 56 signatures supporting the safe parking program at Pride, and urged community will.

A professor who experienced homelessness in college, urged continued support for the safe parking program to prevent worse outcomes.

Of Faith in Action Bay Area, warned the program ends in weeks and its 28 participants would lose their only support; restarting it later would be nearly impossible.

Noted Pacifica had the county's highest homeless count and urged continuing funding and extending the program a few more months.

A nearly 60-year resident, urged the council to protect food and shelter — the most basic needs — by saving the safe parking program.

Of Faith in Action Bay Area (from El Granada), urged continuing and extending the safe parking program as a win-win for RV families and neighbors.

Asked the council to urge Rep. Liccardo to sponsor the Block the Bombs Act and to continue the safe parking program past its June expiration.

A resident since 1966, she warned the program ends June 30 and that losing it would be hard to rebuild; it's the only one of its kind on the coast.

The Faith in Action leader urged the council to find county funding to continue and expand the safe parking program, invoking 'no one left behind.'

Shared upcoming county homelessness data and argued the safe parking program has the best rate of return to permanent housing of any similar program.

Nearly 60-year resident who said the program has moved many families from motor homes to permanent housing since 2022 and asked the council to renew it.