It's still uncertain if the $10 million dollars from the state will even be available, now the county has backed out of the first location. In a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, Montgomery-Steppe asked that the county be allowed to keep the ...

July 19, 2023 - It took a long time and $5 million in government funding for the city to open its shelter. Chula Vista Mayor John McCann told Voice of San Diego last year that the shelter would be open by January of this year – it began accepting clients ...

Chula Vista and 38 farm worker housing units located in San Marcos.

May 27, 2023 - They reduce and guarantee review times for housing plans and permits, encourage innovation and technology, provide extra customer support and include financial incentives. The Board committed $14.5M in funding to carry out these efforts.

2 days ago - Those funds have helped open doors to over 3,400 homes with 2,600 more on the way. The County’s Housing Hub has more information about its efforts to meet the needs of the community.

July 17, 2024 - They’ve approved the plan using county funding for now. “Anytime we lose money, it’s not a great thing,” said County Board of Supervisors Monica Montgomery Steppe. San Diego mayor responds to Supreme Court’s homeless encampments decision

Funding for the $6.6 million project was from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, State of California, County of San Diego, and Regional Task Force on the Homeless. The cost includes design, site preparation, construction, operational supplies, shower/restroom and laundry ...

September 4, 2025 - In recent years, it has led the county on a per capita basis for issuing permits for new home construction. Since then, Chula Vista’s latest housing report shows it has issued building permits for roughly 5,700 above-moderate income units ...

May 12, 2023 - Looking back at the best of 2025, from local coffee spots and wellness escapes to movies, TV, books, and a special selection of songs curated by San Diego musicians ... This story was published more than 2 years ago. ... It took just a few seconds to cut the ribbon on a project that’s been years in the making. “This really is a historic event. It’s the first homeless shelter in all of South County," said Chula Vista Mayor John McCann.

May 15, 2023 - The Chula Vista Village at Otay includes 65 tiny homes that are serving collectively as a homeless shelter.

permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. A Movable Tiny House constructed to comply as relocatable manufactured housing pursuant to Title 25,

October 4, 2021 - The project began with students ... in collaboration with Space4Art. Next, students launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter and raised over $18,000 to finance one tiny home....

October 4, 2025 - “I say for the price of one home in San Diego, you can have a whole tiny home village,” she said. County planners greenlit tiny homes to bring that threshold down.

February 29, 2020 - San Diego City Councilman Scott Sherman was among the speakers at the Tiny House Symposium, which attracted a small group of invited officials and service providers from the County of San Diego and the cities of Chula Vista, El Cajon, Encinitas, ...

April 9, 2022 - "I can’t even answer the phone anymore. Last year was the first year that the County of San Diego started allowing people to start pulling permits to put tiny houses in backyards.

October 2, 2025 - The County of San Diego is adding Tiny Homes on Wheels, similar to the one seen in this photo, to the housing options in the unincorporated areas.

May 8, 2023 - South County has lagged behind others parts of the region in offering shelter to those experiencing homelessness, but city leaders say collective efforts are underway to change that.Come May 15, a long-awaited and first-of-its-kind homeless shelter in San Diego County will open in Chula Vista.

May 12, 2023 - “Instead of having an open tent, what we’re having is a tiny home community that gives individuals safety and security for themselves, and even gives them an ability to bring in a pet,” Chula Vista Mayor John McCann said at the ceremony.