The site of Oakland's new Operation HomeBase lot at 633 Hegenberger Road is shown in this satellite image. The lot will include 67 trailers providing temporary housing for homeless people to help them avoid contracting COVID-19. (Google image)

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Tuesday that the city is launching an isolation trailer program to house 130 homeless and medically vulnerable people in East Oakland during the new coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

Speaking at a news conference at the site at a parking lot at 633 Hegenberger Road, Schaaf said “Operation HomeBase” will use 67 trailers donated by the state to bring people into preemptive isolation and give them a “safe respite” so they avoid contracting the coronavirus.

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