Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a big statement in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state had acquired roughly 1,300 RVs to allow those who suffered from homelessness and was most sensitive to the virus.
However, the outcomes have been inconsistent over the past 3 years when the trailers were distributed across the state. Some places, including Napa County, in which they are utilized for holding sick farm laborers, and San Francisco, wherein they are included in the city’s network of non-congregate homeless spaces, still see a necessary need for the trailers. The trailers, however, are currently collecting dust in a few additional counties where they were requested, such as Monterey.
The unequal usefulness of the trailers initiative, according to state housing activists and financial inspectors, raises concerns regarding if Newsom’s latest homelessness plan, to build 1,200 small homes throughout the state, might have the same unbalanced, largely insufficient influence.
The director of public affairs for the California State Association of Counties, Farrah McDaid Ting, stated that while the small home design is wonderful and will be outstanding, it is only a drop in the sea.
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