Liberal Bay Area town rages against proposed homeless shelter, ‘We don’t want to see that’By Marjorie Hernandez
August 21, 2023
Residents in the liberal Bay Area town of Millbrae are trying to block a proposal to transform a hotel located near a school into housing for the homeless.
The tiny liberal town located 15 miles south of San Francisco — where the average home price is $1.9 million — is slated to approve the Project Homekey plan to turn a La Quinta hotel into a 99-unit apartment complex for unhoused people.
But hundreds of angry residents opposed to the project packed a community room on Friday to voice their concerns.
“It’s very close to children,” Millbrae resident Ho Yeung told NBC Bay Area. “It’s a block from three schools. So we don’t want to see that.”
Like many towns in California, homelessness has become an increasing problem in San Mateo County, where Millbrae is located.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/residents-of-liberal-bay-area-town-millbrae-protest-hotel-for-homeless/
