The Hillside Project
In February of 2019, the 5Cities Homeless Coalition and People's Self-Help Housing joined together to purchase a 3-acre property in Grover Beach with the intent of building a permanent home office for the Coalition, as well as 20 permanently affordable apartments. The location was accessible to jobs, schools, transit, case workers and social services, as well as places to shop and eat. As expected, the neighbors had feelings about this. We began to see large red yard signs that said "Right Idea, Wrong Location!" all around the area. In response, a group of pro-housing neighbors of the Hillside project started organizing support for Hillside, and began distributing our own bright yellow signs reading "HOMES 4 ALL." From that moment on, SLO County YIMBY began making waves, from Paso Robles to Nipomo.