Are Manteca’s elected leaders & top brass up to the homeless challenge? PERSPECTIVE An aerial view of the 8.04 acres at 682 South Main Street. There may very well be a way to get a homeless navigation center with a drop-in shelter in Manteca up and running by June 30, 2022. All it takes is marrying political will in Manteca with convincing Gov. Gavin Newsom to take a common sense approach. It involves revisiting an idea Newsom rejected just over a year and a half ago but the California Legislature embraced unanimously. More specifically it involves the state agreeing to sell 8.04 acres on South Main Street to the City of Manteca for $1 by Feb. 1, 2022.