"Wayne Gardiner, 58, watched his home of 20 years roll onto the back of a flatbed tow truck in San Jose on a recent Monday afternoon. Then he realized he'd forgotten something inside. He threw open compartments in the bottom of the RV as fast as he could, looking for the pressure-washing tools he uses for cleaning jobs to make extra money."
"San Jose is towing vehicles from different areas of the city in a new effort to rid the streets of lived-in vehicles. Last month, it started clearing its largest homeless encampment - a makeshift city in Columbus Park, where Gardiner and hundreds of other people had been sleeping in cars, RVs and tents. San Francisco passed a new policy this summer banning large vehicles from parking on any city street for more than two hours."
Cities across California have increased enforcement targeting people living in vehicles, shifting focus from tent encampments to cars and RVs. San Jose has towed vehicles from multiple neighborhoods and began clearing its largest encampment in Columbus Park, where hundreds slept in cars, RVs and tents. Wayne Gardiner lost his RV of 20 years and retrieved a backpack of tools as the vehicle was towed away. San Francisco enacted a rule banning large vehicles from parking on city streets for more than two hours. Smaller cities including Carlsbad and San Mateo adopted similar measures. Assembly Bill 630 advanced to ease municipal disposal of parked RVs.
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