TUCKED BEHIND THE tiny-home community called Lakeside Village in Oakland is a seemingly unremarkable utility: a fire hydrant with a water meter jutting off it, chained to an orange construction barricade.
But while the set-up is as nondescript as most municipal water infrastructure, it represents a significant new tactic in an ongoing effort to improve water access for unhoused people.
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