{"id":62061,"date":"2024-08-18T18:52:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T01:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=62061"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T07:06:32","slug":"displaced-rv-community-winston-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/displaced-rv-community-winston-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Displaced Latinx RV residents secure S.F. housing as others struggle to park elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearly a week after city officials forced them to leave Zoo Road, the tight-knit Latinx RV community <\/a>that had formed along Winston Drive is now dispersed across the Bay Area. While some families have secured city-backed housing, others are urgently searching for a safe place to park their vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faced with a deadline on August 1 to clear Winston Drive, the RV community formed a caravan on July 29, taking over an empty lot <\/a>at the San Francisco Zoo in a desperate bid to secure a safe, alternate parking site. When police temporarily moved the caravan to Zoo Road later that night, RV residents hoped the new location could become a viable, long-term alternative site to park their vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re much better here,\u201d said Yorman Roa, 30, on August 2. At the time, Roa lived in his RV with his wife and two daughters. \u201cCars aren\u2019t speeding by, and there aren\u2019t many people around\u2026 I think this place is a little safer and quieter,\u201d Roa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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