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Fullerton will start enforcing parking regulations on street where homeless live in RVs
Several RVs are parked on Valencia Drive in Fullerton, where the city will begin enforcing parking restrictions.
(Ben Brazil)
April 22, 2021 4:58 PM PT
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Fullerton will begin enforcing parking restrictions on a street where several homeless people have been living in their recreational vehicles.
The City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to implement the regulations on Valencia Drive between Raymond Avenue and State College Boulevard. The city had stopped enforcing the parking regulations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Now homeless individuals who live on Valencia Drive and activists who have been helping them are concerned about where they will go.