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Living in Berkeley/Oakland area I'm torn on this one we have a growing problem with tent encampments (in SF too) I don't know if this is anything but a cosmetic solution but its an interesting tact allowing people to overnight in vehicles.


Was just down in that area last week for vacation, and some areas just south of University Village (B) were amazingly packed with RVs. My daughter (who works near there) said that it's a mix of people sometimes - from the conscientious good (temporary) neighbors to the ones that leave a lot of trash and crap.


sucks for your property value. No one with a $million home wants a camp near it, lets be honest. The govt can move the hot potatoes around until someone gets stuck with it. I wonder what this does for crime rates?


Well maybe if the people with their million dollar homes let some more housing be built in the general area (shock & horror) there wouldn't be this problem.

This is largely a self inflicted problem that California has caused for itself.


Lots of people (~10-100 cars) park at the Berkeley marina daily - it's a popular spot for those living vehicles.


It seems unambiguously better, since the alternative to living in an RV would in most cases be... living in a tent.




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