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According to a city survey, 88 percent of unhoused people in Palo Alto were sleeping in vehicles in January 2023. The new rules allow the churches to let more cars use their space and increase available safe parking space for RVs in a separate lot.
FULL STORY: Palo Alto makes safe parking program at churches permanent to help unhoused population
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