For months, cities around the state have ramped up enforcement against people sleeping in tents on the street.

Now, some are focusing on a new target people who live in vehicles.

The push comes as rows of RVs and lived in cars lined streets and cities across the state, frustrating voters and creating issues with trash, wastewater and traffic visibility.

People often are reluctant to give up the safety and security of their RV or car in exchange for a temporary shelter bed, or short term housing.

And many cities have nowhere to store RVs and nowhere for them to park legally.

Police have used parking ordinances to try to clear vehicle encampments by giving tickets and either towing or threatening to tow.

The issue has attracted the attention of state legislators as well.

Assembly Bill 630 would make it easier for certain cities to dispose of RVs parked on their streets.

The bill cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee with a last minute amendment that limited scope to Alameda and Los Angeles counties.

The bill would give cities and those counties more freedom to dispose of abandoned or inoperable RVs.

Under current law, a city can trash abandoned RVs valued at $500 or below.

But anything more valuable is sold at auction.

Gonzalez's bill would raise that threshold to 4000, allowing cities to more easily junk RVs and get them off the street for good.

While Gonzalez says his legislation wouldn't target RVs in which people are currently living.

The bill doesn't define what makes a vehicle abandoned.

Opponents, including the California Public Defenders Association, worry that will allow cities to tow too broadly and remove much needed shelter from California's homeless population.

For Calmatters, I'm Marisa Kendall.