SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento is moving ahead with plans to open four new housing sites for homeless people, including a tiny home community for seniors in North Natomas that is drawing pushback from neighbors.
A vacant, city-owned lot near Arena Boulevard and El Centro Road is one of the proposed locations. Each micro-community would include about 40 units with heat, air conditioning, bathrooms and 24-hour security, said Brian Pedro, Director of the Department of Community Response.
“This is not what you have in mind as an emergency shelter with a bunch of crazy people that are on drugs and that are criminals,” Pedro said. He added that seniors are the fastest-growing group of homeless people and that the plan would help “the least vulnerable people that we have, that are the most stable, live independently.”…