A Refurbished Bus Will Bring Showers to the Homeless in San Francisco

An old MUNI bus in San Francisco is getting a second sprightliness with a noble lawsuit . Outfitted with potty and showers , Lava Mae‘s refurbished autobus will work fluid bathroom to homeless people around the metropolis . The long - awaited motorcoach will make itsfirst rounds this weekend .

Homelessness in San Francisco is famously ( and infamously ) a growing concern . With thousands of dispossessed and just a handful of exhibitor facilities for them , Lava Mae will be providing a much - needed service in the metropolis . It ’ll park atvarious spots around San Francisco , drawing piddle from fire hydrants .

Doniece Sandoval , Lava Mae ’s founding father , first got the approximation two years ago . After insure an former bus from MUNI , she ’s stir money — through crowdfunding and corporate presenter like Google — to outfit the omnibus with two full - service bathrooms . If all pass well , she hop-skip to have three more shower jalopy up and running .

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For better or for worse , the fates of public sanitisation and homelessness in San Francisco — and elsewhere — are intertwined . “ For at least a decade , bathroom have stood in for the city ’s anxieties about homelessness , public utility , and the changing saving , ” write Rachel Swan in anexcellent piece on public bathroomsin SF Weekly . That the city ’s shining JCDecaux public toilets — with their futurist - sounding self - cleaning cycle — have turned into dens of drug use and harlotry is a symptom of the metropolis ’s problem .

Lava Mae is n’t go to solve the root cause of homelessness , but it does very directly address a substantial egress faced by the dispossessed . And it ’s an melodic theme San Franciscans who love to complain about smelly street can certainly get behind it . [ CBS San Francisco , SFist ]

Doniece Sandoval in front of the Lava Mae bus . All photos by Kena Frank

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