Emergency housing RVs near the Graton Casino proliferating

[juna]

Has anyone noticed the growing number of emergency housing RVs near the Graton Casino on Wildfred?? Think it might be up to 50...was 20 when I first noticed them.

Juna

[Goat Rock Ukulele]

I always have an RV just in case it all goes to hell.

Seems like a pretty good solution to me. I wish cities and the county would provide space for this emergency housing. I'm sure everone in those RVs would rather have 5 acres with apple trees and fresh spring water, but hings just didn't work out that way.

[juna]

They are empty and just standing in rows and rows.

[MikeH]

I haven't noticed. Will have to look next time I go by there. You mean they are in the Graton Casino parking area? BTW on Wilfred near Stony Point Road there was a property there being used for PG and E emergency fire response, many repair trucks, and I think some RV's or trailers for workers to live in were there.

[juna]

Must be the PG&E RV's I saw!!! So many!

[karenm97]

I don't know if everyone's looking for 5 acres. I think a lot of people who get rv's or tiny houses have unrealistic ideas about what living in them brings with it. There's the wastewater (or even humanure) disposal issue, for one thing. 5 acres requires a lot of work to maintain. A friend of mine who helps maintain his friend's RV in the Central Valley says that everything (such as the roof) requires "triple redundancy" in order to keep it from falling apart in one way or another.

My impression is that there are a lot of disabled folks living in RV's because they couldn't find affordable housing, and that they need access to services. It's interesting to follow Oakland's attempts at helping the houseless folks who live somewhat in community. The city has tried to combine camps against folks's wishes, tried to provide some services, and somehow failed to prevent the firebugs and whatever other reasons why fires are starting in the camps. There was a really bad fire at one of the camps this week.

I do love the idea of houseless folks up here getting to be in beautiful settings and it breaks my heart every time someone kicks out the homeless breaks ground on some mixed-use or clearly high-end housing that'll be for someone else.

I always have an RV just in case it all goes to hell.

Seems like a pretty good solution to me. I wish cities and the county would provide space for this emergency housing. I'm sure everone in those RVs would rather have 5 acres with apple trees and fresh spring water, but hings just didn't work out that way.

[ChefJayTay]

They are empty and just standing in rows and rows.

If they're empty there's tons of possibilities. Could be someone who bought a bunch of them leftover from an emergency hoping to make a buck. Could be someone just storing them. There's ton's of land that's illegal to develop on around the casino, but would be great for storage.....