Safe Parking Program
What is Safe Parking?
Safe parking is a free program that provides a temporary, safe location to park for unhoused Mountain View individuals and families residing in a vehicle while providing access to services that will support them across the continuum of care on the path to more stable housing. Case management, restrooms, water, wash stations and other basic services are provided for program participants.
Program Eligibility
The City’s preferences for safe
parking are to serve
• Families with students in
Mountain View school districts.
• Those who live/work in
Mountain View.
• Seniors (55+).
• People with disabilities.
Challenges and Solutions
No bids for Safe
Parking Operations
RFP
• Built Safe Parking site
infrastructure, including sanitation
and solar.
• Funded startup of nonprofit
MOVE Mountain View as Safe
Parking operator.
• City continues in the role of
program administrator, problem-
solver and nonproft liaison.
Expansion to 24/7
operations
• Approved lease and funding
agreements with County to allow
24/7 operations at three lots.
• Continue existing lease
agreements, building partnerships
and encouraging regional solutions.
Acquire more Safe
Parking spaces
• Developed Safe Parking Ordinance
to allow private lot owners to
participate.
• Find more spaces through
streamlined permit process
during shelter crisis and assessing
government land.
• Continue to search for additional
space and monitor for new
opportunities.
Terra Bella
(Alta Housing)
Shoreline
Lot B
(on Crittenden
Lane)
Two Faith Lots
(local faith
collaborative
members)
Evelyn Lot
(former VTA
parking lot)
2019 to ~June 2024
(possible short extension
dependent on affordable
housing development)
2020 to TBD
2020 to ~2026
(Until construction for
affordable housing begins,
estimated Q1 2026)
2018 to ~no end date
(one on temporary hiatus;
no end designated at this
time)
9 oversized vehicles (OVs)
30 OVs
+21
passenger
flex spaces
OVs
46 +2
loading zone
114
Total Safe Parking
spaces
~$2mil
City funding
for startup
and associated
implementation
~$1mil
additional annual
funding from County
$700k
annual operational cost at
current service level
150–160
average number of
people served each
month by Safe Parking
8 passenger vehicles
ESTIMATED SERVICE TIMEFRAMESCAPACITYLOT
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