Sherry, among the first five to pitch up on Binford Road in 2018, has the $35,000 classic car, a $45,000 Ford F150, and a $50,000 Outback Keystone RV on the side of the road, with some of his unhoused neighbors sporting jet skis and motor boats.Īs for the government's role in the issue, Marin realtor Toni Shroyer said Novato residents suggested a local abandoned ranch or acres of empty land at the civic center as new sites for the encampment, but claimed the county has turned down both You won't see even a candy wrapper on the ground here,' he said. Her eight rounds of chemotherapy drained their accounts, and Sherry was forced to sell his home.īut he refuses to give up his prized 1971 Chevy Nova, which he lovingly refurbished and keeps under a tarpaulin next to their well-kept RV home. His daughter fell on hard times and he was stretched helping her out. He and his wife, Siriporn Lyness, started a restaurant in Novato, but were hit badly in the 2008 recession. Lifelong Marin resident Sherry said he built homes as a carpenter in Mill Valley, north of San Francisco, for 25 years, then employed over a dozen staff at a successful window cleaning company for another 20. Homeless residents lined up in vehicles along the road told some were strung out on drugs, firing guns in the middle of the night, and setting their trailers on fire – while others were just down on their luck, working two jobs day and night to get back into safe housing.
The snaking line of vehicles is a sharp contrast for the posh area outside San Francisco which has been home to multi-millionaire stars including George Lucas, Tony Bennett and Robin Williams.
A book about a real-life treasure hunt in New Mexico (co-written with David Schweidel).Sherry, who was among the first five to pitch up on Binford Road in 2018, has the $35,000 classic car, a $45,000 Ford F150, and a $50,000 Outback Keystone RV on the side of the road
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