Safe parking program expiration and homelessness
Summary
The PRC's Anita Reese reported 106 people living in encampments or vehicles in Pacifica (88 outside the safe parking program), plus updates on weekly groceries, the back-to-school program, and funding that ends in October 2026. Councilmembers pushed to keep the safe parking program explicitly in the strategic plan.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 12
- Last 30 days
- 2
Rising — discussed at 3 meetings since Sep 14, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Impact analysis
Grocery program funding ends October 2026, and the temporary safe parking program is a separate one-time budget item.
Unhoused residents and low-income families using PRC groceries, school supplies and outreach services.
If it ends, unhoused residents lose shelter and services, and Coast House shelter waitlists leave them without options.
Mentions & discussions (8)
City Council - Regular Meeting — October 26, 2026
The consent calendar included extending the safe parking program, which has housed 131 people from 77 families and removed 23 motor homes from the streets. Supporters urged continued investment.
City Council - Regular Meeting — October 12, 2026
Advocates delivered a letter signed by over 200 people asking the city and county to extend and expand the safe parking program for RV dwellers, which serves 131 people with 30-38% moving into permanent housing.
City Council - Regular Meeting — September 14, 2026
Multiple speakers urged extension of the Safe Parking Program for RV dwellers, which lapses at the end of the month and has rehoused 38 people. The council took no action on non-agenda comments.
City Council - Regular Meeting — July 13, 2026
Pacifica has the highest unhoused count in San Mateo County, and the safe parking program expires in September 2026. Multiple speakers — including Faith in Action representatives and Pastor Sue Holland — urged extension and expansion, citing a 38 percent rehousing rate, while others demanded enforcement, church parking lots, and an overnight oversized vehicle ordinance.
City Council - Regular Meeting — June 22, 2026
The safe parking program only got a two-month extension in the budget, and residents urged the council to preserve it, calling it essential to any enforceable oversized vehicle parking ordinance and a cost-effective homeless response. A new ad hoc committee will look for longer-term funding with the county and PRC.
City Council - Regular Meeting — June 8, 2026
The program serving roughly two dozen people living in vehicles expires June 30. The council directed a two-month extension while staff and the Pacifica Resource Center work out a longer-term, step-down funding plan; an ad hoc council committee may be formed.
City Council - Regular Meeting — May 26, 2026
Multiple residents urged the council to find funding to keep the safe parking program, run by the Pacifica Resource Center, alive past its June 30 expiration. It's the only program of its kind on the coast and has helped people move into permanent housing.
City Council - Special Meeting — May 11, 2026
The PRC's Anita Reese reported 106 people living in encampments or vehicles in Pacifica (88 outside the safe parking program), plus updates on weekly groceries, the back-to-school program, and funding that ends in October 2026. Councilmembers pushed to keep the safe parking program explicitly in the strategic plan.
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