Sounds like the temporary camps for the Okies in “The Grapes of Wrath”; we’re devolving into nomads. These places are for those who can’t afford the RVs, I guess (I know those stories are from further north).
My aunt and uncle lived in the camp and I spent lots of time there. They first had 2 tin cabins, then moved up to a 2 bedroom adobe house, then finally to a 2 bedroom townhouse.
We all went to Vineland school 1-4, then Sunset school 5-8.
It’s still open and full of Mexicans. Of course all the old living quarters are gone (except for the museum part of it) and new houses were built for them.
They hold a Dust Bowl Days out there every year.
https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/arvin-farm-labor-center-weedpatch-camp-bakersfield-ca/
This was available during the cold spell at christmas. I gave guy a sandwich and put him on bus to downtown. 5 days later he told me he thought I saved his life and he was back and had a part time job and going back and forth to the tent in SD Also SD had hep C cases and was disinfectant large portions of downtown. Putting them in tents seems like better than motels.