SPD is pretty ripe with all sorts of issues (e.g., they thought it was a good idea to teargas capital hill for days on end). They've kind of created a hostile relationship with their community.
The problem is that many make a mess. Punish that. But there's nothing wrong with living in a public spot.
If someone started living in an RV directly in front of my house, I would be displeased.
They can as easily fine a business for not removing the blocks as for placing them, and it's not like there's a question about where the blocks actually are.
It's more a matter of how far you're willing to go.
The block has flowers painted on it, it’s pretty. Why can’t I park a block on the public street?
They'd just move from eco blocks to old cars that they rotate.
Give the RVs somewhere to go, trailer parks are pretty common in other places.
According to the article, the city is set up to tow cars, but not set up to move the concrete blocks. The blocks are actually probably easier to move than the cars, if you set up a system for doing it. A flatbed with a crane could move those blocks out in time comparable to hitching up a car for towing, and carry more than one at a time.
On edit: cars would probably get vandalized, too. I am not saying I support that, but it makes rotating cars even more impractical.
The issue is still they need to give people somewhere to live. Public housing, RV parks, rental legislation etc.
This country is falling into major societal disrepair, and we need major public investment in affordable housing.
The RVs aren't the problem, the problem is the people in them.
This isn't about that kind of RV -- this is about drug-den RVs full of people who are whacked out on drugs, are a danger to everyone around them, and cover the area around them in needles and feces.
This isn't really about urban campers.
This is a problem of negligence and uncaring and the only "solution" those in charge seem to want to offer is to force the homeless into jails, to be used as slave labor.