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On Wednesday morning, as San Francisco crews towed RVs in the Bayview, Yerservi M. and his pregnant wife Katia S., stayed inside their home, terrified that stepping out would mean losing it. Officials eventually left, towing three unattended RV homes without permits instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee esta historia en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours later, the threat of a tow truck was replaced by a different city presence: investigators questioning the couple about a city worker with the Homeless Outreach Team (HOT) team who they say sold them a parking permit they desperately needed for $500 in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Left:<\/strong> Melissa Millsaps, an investigator for the San Francisco City Attorney\u2019s Office, and Eric Karsseboom, an inspector with the District Attorney\u2019s Office, speak with Yerservi M. about allegations that a Homeless Outreach Team worker sold him a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. Right:<\/strong> Melissa Millsaps, an investigator for the City Attorney\u2019s Office, stands nearby as an RV is towed during two-hour parking enforcement in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. Photos: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After weeks of having their appeals for a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit denied<\/a>, the couple said they felt they were running out of options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the couple, whose last names are withheld for privacy, a van emblazoned with \u201cHOT\u201d branding pulled up alongside their RV in the Bayview during the afternoon on Nov. 19. The outreach worker lowered the window, accepted an initial installment of $100 in cash and handed him a permit<\/a> sticker \u2014 the only exemption from the city\u2019s new two-hour RV parking rules and a permit that is supposed to be issued free of charge to qualifying households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple said the worker instructed Yerservi to place the sticker on the RV window at night and told them they would need to pay the remaining balance the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next morning, I woke up, and it was gone,\u201d Katia said. \u201cI regret not taking a photo of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adhesive residue consistent with the size and shape of a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit sticker remains visible on the window of the couple\u2019s RV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The couple told El Tecolote<\/em> about the alleged permit sale the following day, on Nov. 20. After the newsroom contacted the Department of Emergency Management, city officials said permits are not for sale and that the allegation would be taken seriously. El Tecolote\u2019s<\/em> inquiry<\/a> was quickly escalated to senior city officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen something like this happens, they need to pause their [program],\u201d said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness. \u201cIt just opens up the door for exploitation, and that\u2019s exactly what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Homeless Outreach Team officials work with RV residents during a permitting event on Toland Street in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 28, 2025. Beginning Nov. 1, a citywide policy limited large vehicles from parking on city streets for more than two hours, making them subject to ticketing or towing.. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friedenbach said her organization also received reports from other unpermitted RV residents in November alleging that a HOT outreach worker was offering to sell refuge permits. She notified HOT officials on Nov. 19 and was scheduled to discuss the allegations on Nov. 21 but did not hear back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey just totally ghosted me,\u201d she said, adding that she later filed a whistleblower complaint with the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vulnerable community gets targeted for exploitation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bob Kaufman\u2019s unpermitted RV is towed during two-hour parking enforcement in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. The same day, city investigators questioned RV residents about allegations that a Homeless Outreach Team worker was selling permits for cash. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In text messages and a voice memo obtained by El Tecolote<\/em>, Yerservi communicated for weeks with the outreach worker in Spanish. The calls took place first on a city-issued phone, before moving over to the worker\u2019s personal number, where Yerservi sent at least six messages in an attempt to get his money back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one text on Nov. 24, Yerservi wrote, \u201cYou are really playing with the necessities of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following day the outreach worker responded in a voice memo, saying he would return the money on his own and that \u201ceverything went bad.\u201d He added that he did not know what had happened with \u201cthe other guy,\u201d or if \u201che got in trouble.\u201d It remains unclear who that individual is or whether they work for HOT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe told me many times that he would give me my money back, but he always claimed that he was sick, or that his friend had the money,\u201d Yerservi told El Tecolote<\/em>. \u201cHe told me to stop calling him on his work phone, because they were investigating them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 26, the outreach worker replied: \u201cAnnoying brat, I didn\u2019t go to work today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still without his money back, Yerservi sent two more messages on Dec. 2. At 1:01 p.m., the outreach worker responded with laughing and middle-finger emojis, marking what appears to be the last communication between the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What appear to be the final text messages exchanged between Yerservi M. and an alleged Homeless Outreach Team worker, who used a personal phone number after instructing Yerservi to stop calling his work-issued phone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The couple described the worker as a man with a long beard and a medium build, who spoke with what they identified as a Cuban or Puerto Rican accent and wore a green \u201cHOT\u201d work jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When El Tecolote<\/em> asked the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing who the city-issued phone number belonged to, spokesperson Emily Cohen declined to comment. Records reviewed by El Tecolote<\/em> show the number was previously assigned to Rann Parker<\/a>, who served as director of the Homeless Outreach Team in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How San Francisco is responding to oversight<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

City officials said the allegation is under investigation and did not dispute the authenticity of the messages reviewed by El Tecolote<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe take any allegation of misconduct extremely seriously,\u201d Jackie Thornhill, communications manager for the Department of Emergency Management, wrote in an email. \u201cThe city took the appropriate action when notified, and the matter is being investigated. We remain committed to the integrity of this program and to ensuring it operates fairly, transparently, and in service of those it is intended to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the city\u2019s oversight of the program appears limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katia S., 30, who is nine months pregnant, looks out the window of her RV to see whether police have left during two-hour parking enforcement in San Francisco on Dec. 17, 2025. The couple said they do not have a permit and that a Homeless Outreach Team worker allegedly offered to sell them a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit for $500. Photo: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In response to a public records request on Nov. 7 seeking any data the Mayor\u2019s Office maintains to track the issuance of RV permits, the city issued four separate \u201cno responsive records\u201d determinations, indicating the office holds no such data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked why the office that initiated the program does not track permit issuance or enforcement outcomes, particularly in light of the allegations, a spokesperson for the Mayor declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Katia and her husband, there is little time to wait. Without the permit, and having to deal with the city at their doorstep every week, the anxiety has set in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 30-year-old is scheduled to give birth in less than two weeks, but is unsure if they will return with their RV still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhere am I going to go with my baby?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katia S., 30, holds Yerservi M.\u2019s hand on her belly outside their RV in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco on Nov. 7, 2025. The couple said they were repeatedly denied a Large Vehicle Refuge Permit in November.\nPhoto by Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesica Prado contributed investigative research to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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