RVs parked on Los Angeles city streets risk getting towed
People who park their RVs on the streets of L.A. are once again at risk of having them towed. https://www.facebook.com/CBSLA/videos/10155587181490859/
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Not all of those RVs parked on city streets are owned by homeless people. In the news video, the first RV shown in the video belongs to the woman being interviewed in the car as she is pulling out of a driveway. Apparently, she doesn't care if her RV parked on the street is an eyesore since she's a taxpayer. She must be suffering from the entitlement-mentality illness that seems to be gripping this country lately.
Due to the mild climate, Southern California does have a problem with too many homeless people living in RVs on city streets, especially coastal communities during the summer months. LA and other cities have tried to crack down on the problem, not so much because many of the RVs are old and battered and are an eyesore, but more so because many of them were creating unsanitary conditions by dumping their tanks on the streets and taking up valuable parking space used by nearby residents and businesses.
As an aside, even the then well-known singer and musician from the 60s and 70s Sly Stone from Sly and the Family Stone was homeless and living in a small RV not that long ago on a street not far from where that news video was recorded. A nice couple that lived nearby allowed Sly to come inside their house every few days so he could use their bathroom and do laundry.
Homelessness is a serious problem across the country that needs to be addressed at the national level. In the meantime, practically every municipality is doing its best to get rid of their homeless population by enacting laws and ordinances designed to harass those that are down and out in our society.
On the other hand, I have zero sympathy for RV owners that get their RVs ticketed or towed away for parking on city streets because they are too cheap to pay for storage. Believe it or not, your $500K rig that looks like a beauty to you may look like a monster eyesore to your neighbors. Not everyone is into RVs so please be considerate of others that don't share your passion.
Due to the mild climate, Southern California does have a problem with too many homeless people living in RVs on city streets, especially coastal communities during the summer months. LA and other cities have tried to crack down on the problem, not so much because many of the RVs are old and battered and are an eyesore, but more so because many of them were creating unsanitary conditions by dumping their tanks on the streets and taking up valuable parking space used by nearby residents and businesses.
As an aside, even the then well-known singer and musician from the 60s and 70s Sly Stone from Sly and the Family Stone was homeless and living in a small RV not that long ago on a street not far from where that news video was recorded. A nice couple that lived nearby allowed Sly to come inside their house every few days so he could use their bathroom and do laundry.
Homelessness is a serious problem across the country that needs to be addressed at the national level. In the meantime, practically every municipality is doing its best to get rid of their homeless population by enacting laws and ordinances designed to harass those that are down and out in our society.
On the other hand, I have zero sympathy for RV owners that get their RVs ticketed or towed away for parking on city streets because they are too cheap to pay for storage. Believe it or not, your $500K rig that looks like a beauty to you may look like a monster eyesore to your neighbors. Not everyone is into RVs so please be considerate of others that don't share your passion.
