A GROUP OF residents at a “safe parking” site set up by the city of San Francisco near the former Candlestick Park have launched a petition to form a tenants’ union called the “Candlestick 35,” a reference to the number of vehicles the city says are parked at the site.

The petition begins with the statement that 23 residents of the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center, representing a majority of the units currently at the site, have formed the union “to confront” the city Department of Homelessness and Supportive Services (HSH) about the “shameful” quality of life at the site. HSH created the site and hired the nonprofit contractors that run it.