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  1. Protective safe parking programs for the unhoused

    When a community is working to tackle problems associated with unaffordable housing and homelessness, it must do so with a multi-pronged approach. As with most things, one size does not fit all, and the same is true for those that are unhoused.

    Source: srcity.org

    Two previous posts from earlier this week identified the topics of transitional tiny home villages for the unhoused, as well as those metropolitan areas that have made the largest strides in provided such housing. This post addresses the issue of those unhoused residents who chose to live in their car or recreational vehicle instead of a tiny home or other type of shelter. This post does NOT explore these choices themselves, but instead how cities across the nation are trying to provide a smorgasbord of options for the unhoused.

    Source: facebook.com

    While not as common of an approach as tiny houses or shelters, safe parking zones are an important tool for addressing homelessness. All too often, the unhoused are victimized while on the streets, with even a car providing limited protection. In addition, by providing safe parking zones with facilities, they help improve sanitation and health. Such a program can also help reduce the number of service calls to police by concerned citizens.

    Source: bech.org

    Listed below are cities where safe parking zones have been established. Unfortunately, safe parking programs have been axed in several places, particularly in the Denver, Colorado region do to budget cuts, funding challenges, and legal issues.

    From an advocacy standpoint, it is frustrating that more local, state, and national leaders do not see the economic benefits of such grassroots programs. Each unhoused person that successfully leaves the streets is another potential renter or homeowner and a taxpaying productive citizen. Multiply that times the number of unhoused people in a community and you have a significant economic boost…easily equivalent to a new employer in town.

    Source: cabq.org

    The list will be updated as needed. Please feel free to forward any additions, suggestions, or corrections. Once again, nearly all the examples are from the western half of the country.

    Peace!

    Source: amigoscenter.com

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    Albuquerque, New Mexico: Safe Outdoor Spaces/Zuni (2024) = 8 spaces

    Bend, Oregon: Safe Parking

    Dallas, Texas: Safe to Sleep DFW

    Denver (Longmont), Colorado: Safe Lot (2021) = 19 spaces among 7 lots

    Eugene, Oregon: Overnight & Safe Parking = 60 spaces over 40 locations

    Green Bay, Wisconsin: Safe Place Parking = 46 spaces

    Los Angeles, California: HOPICS SPA6 Safe Parking

    Los Angeles, California: NDICA Safe Parking Glassell Park = 20 spaces

    Los Angeles, California: NDICA Safe Parking Westlake

    Los Angeles, California: Safe Parking LA (2016) = 174 spaces across 6 lots

    Los Angeles (Culver City), California: Nighttime Safe Park

    Los Angeles (Long Beach) California: Long Beach Safe Parking

    Los Angeles (Long Beach), California: City College Safe Parking = 15 spaces for unhoused students

    Los Angeles (Ventura), California: Safe Sleep Ventura (2010) = 25 spaces

    Monterey, California: One Starfish Safe Parking – multiple locations

    Oakland, California: ICAC Safe Car Park

    Oakland (Alameda), California: Village of Love Safe Parking

    Oakland (Fairfield), California: City Church Park ‘n Sleep

    Oakland (Fremont), California: Safe Parking Host = 15 spaces

    Oakland (San Leandro), California: Alameda County Safe Parking = 15 spaces

    Oakland (Union City), California: Careavan Safe Overnight Parking – rotating locations

    Portland (Beaverton), Oregon: Safe Parking

    Reading, Pennsylvania: Safe Parking Lot

    Redmond, Oregon: Mountain View Safe Parking (2022) = 33 spaces throughout the city

    Sacramento, California: South Front Street Safe Parking = 60 spaces

    Sacramento, California: Safe Ground Site = 33 spaces

    Sacramento (Davis), California: Safe Heart Safe Parking – pilot program

    Salem, Oregon: Safe Parking Network

    San Diego, California: JFS Safe Parking H Barracks = 190 spaces

    San Diego, California: JFS Safe Parking Balboa Avenue

    San Diego, California: JFS Safe Parking Aero Drive

    San Diego, California: JFS Safe Parking Mission Village

    San Diego, California: JFS Safe Parking Rose Canyon = 27 spaces

    San Diego (Encinitas), California: JFS Safe Parking = 25 spaces

    San Diego (Vista), California: JFS Safe Parking = 25 spaces

    San Jose, California: Santa Teresa Supportive Parking (2023) = 42 spaces

    San Jose, California: Berryessa Supportive Parking (2025) = 86 spaces

    San Jose (Mountain View), California: MV Safe Parking = 7 lots

    San Luis Obispo, California: 40 Prado Safe Parking = 24 spaces

    Santa Barbara, California: New Beginnings Safe Parking = 154 spaces in 26 lots

    Santa Cruz, California: RV Safe Parking = 14 spaces

    Santa Cruz, California: Safe Spaces (2022) = 52 spaces

    Santa Rosa, California: Safe Parking = 53 spaces

    Mt. Vernon, Washington: Welcome Home Skagit – rotating locations

    Seattle, Washington: U District Safe Lot (2020) = 10 spaces

    Seattle (Bellevue), Washington: Presbyterian Church Safe Parking

    Seattle (Covington), Washington: Covington Safe Parking (2018) = 6 spaces

    Seattle (Edmonds) Washington: EUUC Car Camp = 10 spaces

    Seattle (Everett), Washington: Interfaith Cars to Housing = 5 spaces

    Seattle (Kirkland), Washington: Lake Washington UMC Safe Parking

    Seattle (Redmond), Washington: Overlake Safe Parking = 15 spaces

    Tacoma, Washington: Holy Rosary Safe Parking = 20 spaces

    Vancouver, Washington: Homeward Bound Safe Park = 50 spaces

    Wenatchee, Washington: Safe Park – two locations (north and south)

    SOURCES:

    #cars #cities #health #homeless #homelessness #housing #parking #parkingLots #planning #RVs #safeParking #safety #unhoused

  2. Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour and in “Shopping by Bike”: bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour

    DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

    #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

  3. Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour and in “Shopping by Bike”: bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour

    DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

    #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

  4. Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour and in “Shopping by Bike”: bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour

    DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

    #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

  5. Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour and in “Shopping by Bike”: bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour

    DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

    #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

  6. Friday is farmers market day at Del Monte Center, Monterey. Don’t know who rode this bike to DMC today, just appreciate that they did. Related tips in “Bike to Farmers Markets” bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour and in “Shopping by Bike”: bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tour

    DMC is in city of Monterey. The city’s bike-aware leaders, e.g., Mayor Tyller Williamson and Council Member Gino Garcia (whose day job is working for Ecology Action of Santa Cruz / Lets Modo) may be unaware that we formerly had in that Shopping section of the Tips guide a detailed map listing all Del Monte Center bike rack locations. Their ED at that time himself biked to work! Why is that detailed map no longer in our guide? Because DMC 🔥REMOVED those bike racks! 😭#NotProgress #GoingBackward #CarbonEmissions #TrafficCongestion #Monterey #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #transportation

    #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #ShopByBike #BikeToShop #ShoppingCenters #ParkingLots #ebike #DelMonteCenter #DelMonteShoppingCenter

  7. Group warns of potentially polluted water identified at #MaineBeaches

    Maine Public | By Caty DuDevoir
    Published July 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT

    "Thirty-six beaches in Maine were considered potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day of #bacteria testing in 2022, according to a recent report.

    "Sewage overflows and runoff pollution contaminated the waters surrounding multiple popular swimming spots such as #GoochsBeach in #Kennebunkport and #FerryBeach in #Scarborough.

    "John Rumpler is the clean water director at the Environment Maine Research & Policy Center who co-authored the report.

    "When we pave over everything with #ParkingLots, #StripMalls and big #roadways, that water has nowhere to go, so it sweeps up all the #pollution on the surface and pulls it right into nearby #rivers, #streams, and #coastalwaters, or overwhelms our combined sewage systems,' Rumpler says.

    "Rumpler says that preserving the state's #wetlands can restore and expand the land's natural capacity to absorb rain water, and continuing to repair #sewage #infrastructure across the state is a step in the right direction.

    "With the heavy precipitation these last few weeks, Rumpler is worried that pollution levels may be higher.

    "Beach water quality updates can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website."

    mainepublic.org/environment-an

    #Wetlands #WetlandPreservation #SewageInfrastructure #WaterIsLife #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange

  8. Group warns of potentially polluted water identified at #MaineBeaches

    Maine Public | By Caty DuDevoir
    Published July 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT

    "Thirty-six beaches in Maine were considered potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day of #bacteria testing in 2022, according to a recent report.

    "Sewage overflows and runoff pollution contaminated the waters surrounding multiple popular swimming spots such as #GoochsBeach in #Kennebunkport and #FerryBeach in #Scarborough.

    "John Rumpler is the clean water director at the Environment Maine Research & Policy Center who co-authored the report.

    "When we pave over everything with #ParkingLots, #StripMalls and big #roadways, that water has nowhere to go, so it sweeps up all the #pollution on the surface and pulls it right into nearby #rivers, #streams, and #coastalwaters, or overwhelms our combined sewage systems,' Rumpler says.

    "Rumpler says that preserving the state's #wetlands can restore and expand the land's natural capacity to absorb rain water, and continuing to repair #sewage #infrastructure across the state is a step in the right direction.

    "With the heavy precipitation these last few weeks, Rumpler is worried that pollution levels may be higher.

    "Beach water quality updates can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website."

    mainepublic.org/environment-an

    #Wetlands #WetlandPreservation #SewageInfrastructure #WaterIsLife #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange

  9. Group warns of potentially polluted water identified at #MaineBeaches

    Maine Public | By Caty DuDevoir
    Published July 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT

    "Thirty-six beaches in Maine were considered potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day of #bacteria testing in 2022, according to a recent report.

    "Sewage overflows and runoff pollution contaminated the waters surrounding multiple popular swimming spots such as #GoochsBeach in #Kennebunkport and #FerryBeach in #Scarborough.

    "John Rumpler is the clean water director at the Environment Maine Research & Policy Center who co-authored the report.

    "When we pave over everything with #ParkingLots, #StripMalls and big #roadways, that water has nowhere to go, so it sweeps up all the #pollution on the surface and pulls it right into nearby #rivers, #streams, and #coastalwaters, or overwhelms our combined sewage systems,' Rumpler says.

    "Rumpler says that preserving the state's #wetlands can restore and expand the land's natural capacity to absorb rain water, and continuing to repair #sewage #infrastructure across the state is a step in the right direction.

    "With the heavy precipitation these last few weeks, Rumpler is worried that pollution levels may be higher.

    "Beach water quality updates can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website."

    mainepublic.org/environment-an

    #Wetlands #WetlandPreservation #SewageInfrastructure #WaterIsLife #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange

  10. Group warns of potentially polluted water identified at #MaineBeaches

    Maine Public | By Caty DuDevoir
    Published July 11, 2023 at 2:39 PM EDT

    "Thirty-six beaches in Maine were considered potentially unsafe for swimming on at least one day of #bacteria testing in 2022, according to a recent report.

    "Sewage overflows and runoff pollution contaminated the waters surrounding multiple popular swimming spots such as #GoochsBeach in #Kennebunkport and #FerryBeach in #Scarborough.

    "John Rumpler is the clean water director at the Environment Maine Research & Policy Center who co-authored the report.

    "When we pave over everything with #ParkingLots, #StripMalls and big #roadways, that water has nowhere to go, so it sweeps up all the #pollution on the surface and pulls it right into nearby #rivers, #streams, and #coastalwaters, or overwhelms our combined sewage systems,' Rumpler says.

    "Rumpler says that preserving the state's #wetlands can restore and expand the land's natural capacity to absorb rain water, and continuing to repair #sewage #infrastructure across the state is a step in the right direction.

    "With the heavy precipitation these last few weeks, Rumpler is worried that pollution levels may be higher.

    "Beach water quality updates can be found on the Maine Department of Environmental Protection website."

    mainepublic.org/environment-an

    #Wetlands #WetlandPreservation #SewageInfrastructure #WaterIsLife #ExtremeRain #ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange

  11. #Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.

    By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023

    "Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."

    Read more:
    time.com/6288683/florida-desan

    #DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism

  12. #Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.

    By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023

    "Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."

    Read more:
    time.com/6288683/florida-desan

    #DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism

  13. #Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.

    By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023

    "Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."

    Read more:
    time.com/6288683/florida-desan

    #DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism

  14. #Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.

    By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023

    "Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."

    Read more:
    time.com/6288683/florida-desan

    #DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism

  15. #Florida’s #Environmental Failures Are a Warning for the Rest of the U.S.

    By Jeff VanderMeer, July 12, 2023

    "Dynamite and dredging were the tools chosen to drain the #Everglades and tame the waters. What once belonged to the #Tequesta #NativeAmericans, amid a wealth of #wildlife, became #ParkingLots and #Hotels owned by #WhitePeople. Today, many of those parking lots are submerged during #storms and, in some areas, the hotels overlook waters #toxic with #industrial and #construction #waste..."

    Read more:
    time.com/6288683/florida-desan

    #DeSantis #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateCrisis #Colonialism