The council woman is addressing the crime issue of the city in a very
wrong way. Sure there is no easy answer to the issue. But targeting on RV
parking is like a dog barking on a wrong tree. It is indeed very strange
that almost every few days there is someone killed in the street in
Oakland.

David

--- Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> Ok, here's a link to the Chip Johnson story. His point is that with the
> murder rate what it is here, and with so many other problems, why is our
> city council worrying about RV parking?
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/11/BADGTRT0O.DTL
>
> I followed up on the actual measure, and it prohibits parking of "campers,"
> defined in the Calif. vehicle code as, basically, a two or more axle vehicle
> containing living or camping equipment (yes, a Westy IS a camper for this
> measure.)
>
> Part of the measure allocates $50,000 to put up signs notifying the unwary,
> required by state law...this, in a city that can't buy saxophone reeds for
> its music classes or put cement in the cracks where the expansion joints
> used to be in the larger roads.
>
> If you live in a smaller community where there's ample space off street,
> that's one thing. But in a city, outlawing street parking means outlawing
> the vehicle, which is the predicament I'm in.
>
> Yes, government's hard at work to make life richer and  more rewarding.
>

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