Newly planned vehicle habitation ordinance schedule to come before city council Mid-September designed to deal with the growing population of unwanted over-night parking and those who find themselves inhabiting their vehicles some say, will be enacted soon now dubbed, operation “Hydrant”. At the core of this newly developed city planned ordinance according to city...
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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Eugene Municipal Code Section 4.816 – Permitted Overnight Sleeping. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code: A. Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle, camper or trailer in a parking lot of a religious institution, place of worship, business or public entity that owns or leases property on which a parking lot and...
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Dear Mayor Espinosa, We, the Community Cooperation Team, would like the Working Group on Vehicle Habitation to be open to the public, to provide for comment by the public, and for the press to be invited.  We request that you include these provisions for the work of the Working Group. We have asked Curtis...
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People of Palo Alto demonstrated their solution-oriented forward thinking at last night’s meeting on Palo Alto’s proposed legislation regarding car dwellers. Stanford Lutheran Church was filled with vehicle dwellers and home dwellers who expressed personal fears for safety, for their children’s well being; concerns about safety, sanitation, human rights, fairness; and possible solutions to...
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Nestled away from the hustle and bustle of sprawling urban living in Palo Alto I discovered what could be perhaps a perfect solution and alternative to the proposed city wide ban on vehicle habitation on the streets of Palo Alto. What I discovered, was Foothills Park.  And it  just might work out to be...
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