Newsom Pledges 1,200 Tiny Homes For California's Homeless

CBS San Francisco

March 17, 2023

SACRAMENTO — California will spend about $30 million to build 1,200 small homes across the state this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, part of a plan to help house the nation's largest homeless population and to address an issue that has persistently plagued the state during the governor's time in office.

The homes, some as small as 120 square feet (11 square meters), can be assembled in 90 minutes and cost a fraction of what it takes to build permanent housing. Newsom said the homes can create space to help clear homeless encampments that have sprung up across the state's major cities. Federal courts have ruled cities can't clear homeless encampments if there are no shelter beds available.

"We need to focus more energy and precision on addressing encampments," Newsom said. "There's no humanity there. People are dying on our watch."

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