(KTVU FOX2) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders across the state of California are showing support for a bill meant to enhance building interim housing.
On Thursday morning, they stood in front of examples of tiny homes on the west steps of the state Capitol building in Sacramento.
The homes are a little more than 100 square feet in size. Lawmakers, some representing parts of the Bay Area, say they're cheap and quick to build, and are meant to take the homeless off the street temporarily until individuals can find permanent housing. State Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) says it's a problem, most evidently in California.
"67% of our homeless population is unsheltered," Becker said. "Nationally, that's 20%. In New York, that's 5%. So this is a California problem."
He authored Senate Bill 1395, the Interim Supportive Housing Act.
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