The proposed Nevada County Alternative Housing Ordinance was released Aug. 20, 2025. The draft ordinance sets out proposed regulations that would legalize living in RVs & trailers on private property in the unincorporated areas of Nevada County.

Draft Alternative Housing Ordinance

PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS. IF WE DON’T SHOW UP AND SPEAK UP TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, IT WON’T GET APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT. WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE.

The second public workshop on the ordinance is the South County MAC Special Meeting:

  • Date: 9/15/2025

  • Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

  • Location: Higgins Lions Community Center

  • 22490 East Hacienda Drive Grass Valley, CA 959496 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the Grass Valley Vets Hall.

  • The third public workshop on the ordinance is the Penn Valley MAC Special Meeting:

  • Date: 9/23/2025

  • Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm

  • Location: Penn Valley Fire Protection District Headquarters

  • 10513 Spenceville Rd, Penn Valley, CA 95946

Please read the Ordinance and our Talking Points in favor of the ordinance. While we support the ordinance, we are offering amendments to improve it.

No Place To Go Project Talking Points

Suggested Amendments

We welcome your comments on the Contact Us page.

When free enterprise and government can’t, don’t or won’t provide enough housing for all the people in our communities, the people have the right to find their own alternative housing.

And if they are living responsibly, they must not be punished, penalized, or forced to relocate when there is no place to go.

Likewise, people who rent alternative housing to people must not be punished or penalized if they are providing or hosting dwellings that meet emergency, code-equivalent, health & safety standards.

Because there is not enough housing for everyone, and because not everyone is housing-ready, safe parking lots and camps must be established.

Everybody has a right to be somewhere safe without fear of being forced to move.

It is not a crime to be homeless.
The crime is there are not enough homes.