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Election 2020: Mountain View Moves to Keep Restrictions on RVs

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News, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Back in 2019, the city of Mountain View approved a controversial ban of oversized vehicles on narrow streets, citing traffic and safety concerns. Advocates, led by former Mountain View mayor Lenny Siegel, responded by amassing enough signatures for a referendum on this November ballot. Measure C seeks to uphold the city’s limit on where and how long oversized vehicles can park. Proponents of the measure say they're concerned about parking issues and waste hazards. Opponents say the measure does nothing to address the issue of homelessness in the heart of Silicon Valley and the sweeping language of the ordinance puts a blanket ban on RVs. We'll break down the arguments for and against Measure C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Forum. I'm Michael Krasny. Back in 2019, the City of Mountain View approved a

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controversial ban of oversized vehicles on narrow streets, citing traffic and safety concerns.

0:57.2

Housing advocates, led by former Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel, responded by amassing enough signatures for a referendum on this November ballot.

1:04.7

Measure C seeks to uphold the city's limit on where and how long, oversized vehicles can park.

1:10.9

Proponents of the measure say they're concerned about parking issues and waste hazards.

1:15.4

And opponents say the measure does nothing to address the issue of homelessness in the heart

1:19.3

of Silicon Valley.

1:20.6

And the sweeping language of the ordinance puts a blanket ban on RVs.

1:24.0

We're going to break down the arguments for and against measure C and joining us to do that,

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at least initially, is Aditi Banalmoudi, who is Silicon Valley reporter for KQED, and Aditi, welcome to the

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program. Thanks so much. Glad to have you, and let's just spell out a little bit of background here

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before we get the picture from you. There are now,

1:45.7

at least according to last count, about 600 homeless people in Mountain View. Most of them

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