San Francisco's two-hour parking limit for vehicles over 7 feet tall or 22 feet long, in effect since November 2025, and its enforcement against vehicle dwellers and housed owners.
Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing data showed that of 345 adults and families placed through the Large Vehicle Refuge Permit Program between November 2025 and September 2026, 115, one third, were housed outside San Francisco city limits. About 80 percent of placements used federally funded rapid-rehousing vouchers that taper off over two years, and the share of all such voucher holders housed outside the city rose from 22 percent in 2021 to 58 percent this year. About 500 vehicles housed people when Mayor Daniel Lurie announced the two-hour parking limit in July 2025; the department said placements are generally within about 50 miles.
The two-hour limit on vehicles over 7 feet tall or 22 feet long has been enforced since November 2025, with six-month temporary permits offered to RV residents who agreed to give up their vehicles.
The Standard reported that at least 28 housed owners of large vehicles have told the city they were ticketed, towed, or feared enforcement under San Francisco's two-hour parking limit for vehicles over 7 feet tall or 22 feet long, in effect since November 2025. As of early September the city had towed more than 360 vehicles, issued nearly 1,100 citations, bought back 154 large vehicles, and transitioned 221 vehicle-dwelling households into housing or shelter. A Lurie spokesperson called the policy "incredibly successful in reducing the number of people living in large vehicles on our streets."
Violations carry a $108 fine; the ordinance exempts holders of "refuge permits" issued to people living in vehicles before June 2025 but draws no distinction between personal-use and housing vehicles.