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Becky Jorgeson <
To:Advisory Bodies
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Subject:RV Parks versus "Safe Parking Sites"
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TO THE SLO CITY PLANNING COMMISSION:
On behalf of the hundreds of people living in their vehicles in and around SLO City, we need RV
parks that would provide a permanent place to live - as you all enjoy. Most homeless people
here are local and this is their home too. "Safe parking sites' have been tried - they don't work
here. Hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' funds were spent on Okie Ave, then shut down with
no plan in place forcing those living there into the City to park. The safe parking site by the RR
station closed down 1-1/2 years ago. No plan yet. People don't want them. They make no sense.
People were forced out at 7:00 am to roam around SLO, polluting our air.
Hundreds of people live in their vehicles, trying to stay off SLOPD's radar. Officers harass
people day and night telling homeless people: "The chief sent us to clean up." They bang on
doors at 2:00 am harassing homeless people who have been given no warning to move. But
expensive RVs are parked all night in SLO parking lots - these owners are not harassed or
ticketed. This is discrimination against our homeless people. John Boy's tows vehicles with
current tags, taking people's housing away.
There is plenty of land in or around SLO for an RV park for those living in their vehicles. So
much taxpayer money is spent on lighting up the downtown all night and lighting up city hall
during holidays. Over $300,000 was paid out to TwoMexicans.com between 2020 and 2022 for
them to take people's worldly belongings - - that they turn around and sell.
Please stop violating homeless people's human and civil rights - they are not going away. And
it's going to get worse if we don't be proactive instead of reactive. We all know them will be no
morefunding for homelessness in America now. SLO can set an example for the rest of the
country by stopping the persecution of fellow human beings, and instead provide safe, sensible,
humane, and permanent places for our people to be. We await your reply.
Sincerely,
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Becky Jorgeson, Founder & President
HOPE'S VILLAGE OF SLO
wwwhopesvillageofslo.com
805-234-5478