As Santa Rosa study finds thousands of downtown parking spaces go unused, housing advocates see opportunity
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Parking - South Rim Visitor Center and Village - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
![Saul Gonzalez on X: "A long abandoned K-Mart store in the San Fernando Valley, with maybe the biggest empty parking lot in Los Angeles. Urban garden? https://t.co/JXR3CfXX8b" / X Saul Gonzalez on X: "A long abandoned K-Mart store in the San Fernando Valley, with maybe the biggest empty parking lot in Los Angeles. Urban garden? https://t.co/JXR3CfXX8b" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EdJU0dlUwAARDEc.jpg)
Saul Gonzalez on X: "A long abandoned K-Mart store in the San Fernando Valley, with maybe the biggest empty parking lot in Los Angeles. Urban garden? https://t.co/JXR3CfXX8b" / X
![outdoor parking lot, aerial top view. a lot of cars parked near city shopping mall Stock Photo - Alamy outdoor parking lot, aerial top view. a lot of cars parked near city shopping mall Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/TWRRC6/outdoor-parking-lot-aerial-top-view-a-lot-of-cars-parked-near-city-shopping-mall-TWRRC6.jpg)
outdoor parking lot, aerial top view. a lot of cars parked near city shopping mall Stock Photo - Alamy
![Aerial view of car parking lot near modern house building - a Royalty Free Stock Photo from Photocase Aerial view of car parking lot near modern house building - a Royalty Free Stock Photo from Photocase](https://www.photocase.com/photos/4276448-aerial-view-of-car-parking-lot-near-modern-house-building-photocase-stock-photo-large.jpeg)