For the third time this year, Long Beach’s Safe Parking Site is moving locations, this time near the Multi-Service Center (MSC).
The parking site allows residents who are living in their RVs and other vehicles to park overnight in a safe environment. The sites also provide basic needs such as restrooms, handwashing stations, a pet relief area and connection to services from the MSC.
Residents can use the site seven days a week from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. at 1664 W Anaheim St., near the southeast corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Anaheim Street with 50 available spots each night. The City has entered a memorandum of understanding with the Port of Long Beach to lease the land for the next year.
According to a City statement, Long Beach shared its plans for relocation at a Westside Business Association meeting and with local businesses throughout October.
Long Beach established a temporary Safe Parking Site in March 2023 in the Queen Mary parking lot as one of its first actions after declaring a local state of emergency due to homelessness at the start of the year.
The Safe Parking Site was moved to 501 Queensway—a smaller location with 20 less spots offered each night. The move was due to “preexisting contracts” for events in and around the Queen Mary during the summer, according to a City statement.
Long Beach is still looking for a permanent location for a Safe Parking Site to operate.
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