UPDATE Dec 11, 2020: Read an account of the plans in the SF Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/balboa-park-station-redesign-to-enhance-accessibility-and-safety-make-space-more-inviting/
Virtual update meetings about the Balboa Upper Yard and Balboa Park BART Plaza.
From SF Curbed. Original story: https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/12/21012558/san-francisco-vehicle-triage-homeless-parking-geneva-balboa-park
By Adam Brinklow Dec 12, 2019, 8:52am PST
On Wednesday, San Francisco opened its first “vehicle triage center,” a long-term parking lot geared for people living out of cars and recreational vehicles, which City Hall hopes will offer solutions for homeless residents who rely on vehicles as shelter but have trouble securing legal parking. Continue reading “RV homeless parking now open at Balboa Upper Yard near BART”
Article from SF Examiner: https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/safe-parking-site-up-for-approval/
Neighbors, Planning Commission to weigh in on facility for homeless living in vehicles
LAURA WAXMANN
Aug. 27, 2019 10:00 p.m.
The San Francisco Planning Commission on Thursday will weigh a proposal to temporarily use a parking lot near the Balboa Park Bart Station as an overnight rest stop for RV and car dwellers, complete with services.
Pending the commission’s approval, the city planning code would be amended to allow long-term parking and overnight camping in vehicles, as well as the addition of restrooms and showering facilities at a current parking lot near the Balboa Park Bart Station that is slated slated for the construction of 100 percent affordable housing next year. Continue reading “SF Examiner: Safe parking site up for approval”
Source: SF Examiner https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/safe-parking-site-for-homelesss-who-live-in-their-vehicles-proposed-near-balboa-park-bart/
Facility would offer social services, security, bathrooms for overnight parkers
JOE FITZGERALD RODRIGUEZ / Jul. 15, 2019 3:45 p.m.THE CITY
It’s been a long road, but homeless RV and car dwellers may finally be able to park and rest.
City officials have proposed a Balboa Park site for the first “triage center” site for people living in their vehicles. The site at 500 Geneva Ave. at Balboa Upper Yards, announced Supervisors Ahsha Safai and Vallie Brown Monday, would provide a safe place to park and social services.
“We’ve seen a rise in homeless people living in their cars in our neighborhood,” Safai told the San Francisco Examiner Monday. “This is an honest conversation, nothing’s been decided yet.”
A community meeting is planned at Balboa High School from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to allow residents to weigh in on the plan this Saturday, July 20. Should the community be on board, Safai said he expects the pilot to begin in November, pending new legislation to lock-in the site.
The Balboa Upper Yard property will one day host 138 units of affordable housing, with the triage center providing a temporary use for the site in the meantime. Continue reading “SF Examiner: ‘Safe parking site for homeless who live in their vehicles proposed near Balboa Park BART’”
Besides the Balboa Reservoir Project, there is another planned housing project near Sunnyside, next to the Balboa Park Station, called Balboa Park Upper Yard.
Read more about it in this recent piece on BisNow.com. Here is the page for the project on the Mission Housing site.
Sunnyside Neighborhood Association 