The state of California has awarded Monterey County $8 million to address homeless encampments, particularly in the Pajaro River area of Monterey and Santa Cruz counties.

The grant, announced June 14, will fund the creation of a “micro-village” of 34 tiny homes in Watsonville, along with a navigation center to provide homeless services and a pathway to permanent housing.

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Deidre Foley is an intern at Bay City News and an MA candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she specializes in data journalism and health & science reporting. Previously she was managing editor for the San Francisco Foghorn and has bylines in the NYCity News Service, Byklner and the Nagazasshi. Deidre is interested in using data and visuals to tell social justice and human interest stories.