#CNBC #news #video #toread about "vanlords" renting RVs to people experiencing “RV homelessness” (aka #vanlife) in #California with RVs in RV parks such as wehope.org’s Berryessa Supportive Parking, whose program manager Victoria Garibaldi says they have 86 RVs.
“As the Bay Area’s housing shortage intensifies[,] vehicle-based homelessness has more than doubled since 2019, forcing even full-time workers into makeshift homes on wheels. This desperation has fueled a predatory shadow market where “vanlords” rent out aging RVs to those with no other options. While cities crack down on street encampments and ban these illegal rentals, San Jose is testing a different path with the Berryessa Safe Parking site, one of California’s largest sanctioned lots with space for 86 RVs. CNBC’s Kate Rogers visits the site to explore how these communities provide a vital bridge to long-term housing.” Says 37% of “homeless people” in Santa Clara County are now sleeping in vehicles, up from 18% in 02019.
Garibaldi says many of the vanlords charge only US$500 to US$600 per month for their RVs, which sounds amazingly cheap for the #SFBA. San Jose enacted a law against renting RVs on city streets last year; last year they opened a second “safe parking site”, bringing the total (?) to 128 RVs; Berryessa Supportive Parking provides breakfast, dinner, bathrooms, laundry facilities, a community garden, and a dog park. Meanwhile, for-profit RV parks like Candlestick RV Park, managed by Tsin Fung, charge US$2500 per month for a parking space.
In SF, Mayor Lurie limited RV parking on public streets to two hours with new legislation last July, with a so-called “Large Vehicle Refuge Permit” exemption permit available.
discussion of the "Cape" #privacy focused #MVNO for #cellphones in #USA.
#Amazon blamed for #USA #inflation due to #price-fixing schemes. #news
#Amazon #price-fixing lawsuit announcement from the #California attorney general doesn’t say “inflate” or “#inflation” anywhere. #news
#news that #Anthropic is in a dispute with the #USA’s Pentagon, which threatens to invoke the Defense Production Act.
"Urban Ore" at 900 Murray in Berkeley sells all kinds of recycled junk. #hoarding #tourism
#news that #USA ambassador to #France Charles Kushner didn’t show up when Summoned over unspecified remarks about Quentin #Deranque and is now barred from meeting government ministers, but is not persona non grata.
#news from last year claiming #Google was intentionally degrading their search quality. #toread
Howto for #degoogling #cellphones with #GrapheneOS
lots of discussion of #degoogling #cellphones with #GrapheneOS from last week
hilariously there is an ISO standard #wine tasting glass
#San-Francisco, #California enacted a ban on parking RVs on the street for more than two hours, effective last November. “A large vehicle is defined as an RV, trailer, house car, mobile home, or any vehicle longer than 22 feet or taller than 7 feet.” Exemptions for up to a year are available to anyone living in their RV last May. #vanlife #politics
#DesignCon 2026 expo exhibitors at Santa Clara Convention Center; the expo is tomorrow and Thursday, 11 AM to 6 PM. #tourism #electronics
#Za3k got a no-dependencies #qr-backup restoration program working with help from Claude; it was 5300 lines of #C, which could be trimmed to 2000, and then minified to fit on one printed page in a tiny font.
#video #toread about #California #politics over #ebikes (two-wheeled #EVs)