Dozens of people rally against site for tiny homes in Lemon Grove NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Nearly 80 people gathered on the corner of Sweetwater and Troy Street in Lemon Grove on Saturday to rally against the county’s project to build dozens of sleeping cabins in a vacant lot. The plan was approved by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors in July in a 4-0 vote. It comes after the county originally proposed building the sleeping cabins on a site along Jamacha Road in Spring Valley, but scrapped those plans in June after pushback from the community.

The 2024 Spring Valley Coalition, the same group who protested the original site in Spring Valley, organized Saturday’s rally. Members told NBC 7 that this new location is roughly a mile away from the previous site, and does nothing to address their concerns.

“This little corner is isolated. But on one side behind us then you’ve got Spring Valley and all those homes right there are …