In late 2019, Pacifica passed an ordinance prohibiting “oversized vehicle” parking. The ordinance made it illegal to park an RV at any time in streets throughout the city, including giving the city the discretion to prohibit RV parking based on aesthetics. Pacifica began aggressively enforcing this ordinance in September 2020 after the city council abandoned efforts to provide any parking areas for RV residents. Those who violated the ordinance were subject to escalating fines.
Minju Cho is a senior staff attorney for the Immigrants' Rights Program at the ACLU of Northern California, where she advocates for immigrants' civil rights and civil liberties.
Chessie Thacher is a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, where she devotes her time to First Amendment issues, government transparency, criminal justice reforms, and voting rights litigation.
Emi MacLean is a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California where she focuses on criminal justice and immigrant rights litigation. She is counsel for plaintiffs in NTPSA v. Noem and Ramos v. Mayorkas, legal challenges to the termination of Temporary Protected Status; UFW Foundation v. Kern, a legal challenge to Kern County’s misdemeanor plea mill; Stiavetti v. Clendenin, a successful challenge to the State’s systemic prolonged detention of people deemed incompetent to stand trial in California’s jails; and Zepeda Rivas v.
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