""If we park it here, they will probably call the police. And we will lose our only home." My son and I were driving around San Francisco aimlessly. We had just lost our home to a violent eviction, and although some friends said we could sleep on their couch we knew it wouldn't be long before we might need the car to sleep in again."
"Now, because of Mayor Daniel Lurie's RV Ban in SF and Council Member Ken Houston's anti-houseless proposal in Oakland, these violent and life-threatening tows are guaranteed. Inspired by the fascist statements about houseless communities by the current inhabitant the White Peoples House, a multitude of new anti-houseless measure have popped up across the US. These are adding to the already thick arsenal of anti-houseless laws that sweep our houseless bodies and tow or throw away our homes across this stolen land every day."
A parent and child lost their home to a violent eviction and faced sleeping in a car that risked being towed for minor violations. Local policies like San Francisco's RV ban and Oakland proposals guarantee life-threatening tows of vehicles used as housing. Nationally, new anti-houseless measures have proliferated, framed as exclusion or buffer zones, encampment abatements, and vehicle bans. Proposed California legislation would expand towing and destruction of RVs. Legal shifts, including a 2024 ruling removing certain constitutional protections, have empowered more frequent sweeps, tows, arrests, and the disposal of personal belongings.
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