As California’s homelessness problem continues to get worse and
worse, lawmakers are introducing new ideas to try to get more housing built. But even some existing ideas are running into roadblocks, even as
the state throws billions at the issue. State Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduced legislation today to bypass zoning restrictions to expedite housing construction in cities that are not meeting their housing goals. State Senator Dave Cortese of San Jose has a bill that would streamline environmental review. There’s a deepening sense that existing solutions just aren’t getting enough done, quickly. Oakland has embraced building more “tiny homes” or “cabins,” tuff sheds to house people in places like the sprawling Wood Street encampment. But even that idea may not fly, as it turns out, in San Francisco.

For more, KCBS Radio political analyst Doug Souvern along with news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke to San Francisco Supervisor Hillary Ronen, who has been behind a plan for tiny cabins in a parking lot on Mission Street, but now says neighborhood opposition may scuttle the idea.