Supervisor Walton Not at All Happy With Plan to Move 16th and Mission Tiny Home Cabins to Bayview

"There has been a years-long saga over a tiny homes for the homeless cabin site at 16th and Mission Street, and one reason it went for years was that neighbors were worried they would bring more blight to an already blighted neighborhood. Then-Supervisor Hillary Ronen did a lot of politicking to make the site a reality, and the cabins opened to around 60 residents in April 2024."

"A new Mission Local report says they're moving to the Bayview District, at a facility slated to become a larger homeless shelter called Jerrold Commons. But that Mission Local report also points out that the Bayview District's Supervisor Shamann Walton is vocally opposed to moving the cabins to Bayview, seeing this as Lurie's attempt to dump home homeless shelters onto District 10 without even engaging District 10 residents on the decision."

"Certainly Walton has a point that a disproportionate number of SF homeless shelters are in District 10, while there are no shelters at all in several other city districts. But in this case, the cabins are simply being moved to Jerrold Commons for storage. There . The San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing is planning to temporarily store 60 vacant cabin structures in the unused space at Jerrold Commons while we identify a long-term site, Homelessness and Supportive Housing spokesperson Emily Cohen told Mission Local."

A tiny homes cabin site opened at 16th and Mission after political effort by then-Supervisor Hillary Ronen, housing about 60 residents in April 2024. The cabins served as a temporary placeholder while the city prepared to begin a 450-unit affordable housing project on the site. The tiny cabin community closed in August and September 2024 and the structures are slated to be moved elsewhere. The cabins are being transported to Bayview's Jerrold Commons for temporary storage while officials identify a long-term site. Bayview Supervisor Shamann Walton opposes the move, citing concerns that District 10 hosts a disproportionate number of homeless shelters. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing says there are no plans to operate a shelter at the storage site.

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