Sixty city-owned shelter cabins have sat unused in a San Francisco Bayview lot since the SoMa deployment plan was scrapped in September 2025.
2026-09-14 · housing
The San Francisco Standard
The Standard reported that the candidates running for District 10 supervisor could determine the outcome of the standoff over 60 tiny cabins that have sat unused in storage at the Jerrold Commons homeless shelter in the Bayview. Supervisor Shamann Walton criticized the mayor's office last year when officials moved the cabins from the Mission to the Bayview.
The Standard reported September 2 that the cabins cost $7 million and had sat empty for nearly a year.
2026-09-04 · housing
The San Francisco Standard
The Standard reported, citing emails obtained by public records request, that 60 tiny cabins San Francisco bought for about $7 million have sat unused in a Bayview parking lot at Jerrold Commons for nearly a year, after the mayor's office scrapped a planned SoMa shelter site at 428 11th St. on September 30, 2025. The Housing Accelerator Fund's records show $219,000 was spent on the abandoned SoMa project, and the outlet reported the city has no timeline, budget, or plan to reactivate the cabins.
A January report from the city homelessness department found Bayview-Hunters Point has 21% of the city's unsheltered population and 11% of its shelter beds, while SoMa holds 28% of beds and 11% of the unsheltered population.