El Tecolote

San Francisco’s RV Communities Fight Displacement

Pablo Unzueta, Erika Carlos

In San Francisco, officials used parking laws and construction projects to evict its largest RV community — an issue El Tecolote exposed in a years-long investigation into that displacement. With the lack of affordable housing and stagnant wages, recreational vehicles “have become the last line of shelter for low-income workers, immigrant families and disabled residents” across California, the outlet reported. El Tecolote blended investigative reporting, photography, and social-first video to capture the human cost of uprooting families.

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