San Francisco’s plan to enforce a citywide ban on RVs used as shelter faces significant legal, logistical and ethical hurdles, according to internal documents obtained by El Tecolote.
Author Archives: Yesica Prado
Yesica Prado is an independent investigative journalist and artist, focused on issues of access to land and belonging such as homelessness, immigration and Indigenous status. A first-generation Mexican immigrant from Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico, Prado holds a BFA in photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master’s in journalism from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
During graduate school, Prado lost her housing and joined a community of vehicle residents in Berkeley, where she witnessed firsthand the resilience and solidarity of street life. Her lived experience fuels her reporting on homelessness in the Bay Area, where she amplifies the voices of unhoused people and holds policymakers accountable for the real-world impact of their actions.
