There was heated debate Thursday night as residents of a Sacramento neighborhood met with the mayor about proposed homeless shelters. A crowd of about 70 people was at the Newton Booth neighborhood meeting held at the Church of the Nazarene on 28th Street regarding five proposed homeless shelters near homes. "Just want to learn more information about the homeless shelters that are being built," said resident Nate Hanneman as he walked into the meeting. "It was kind of imposed upon us, so I would like to see us have a united voice," said resident Don Knutson, who walked in seconds behind Hanneman. The standing-room-only crowd had a lot of questions about the homeless shelters planned in their neighborhood just south of midtown Sacramento. "I really want to know if this is going to solve the problem," said resident Arthur Lichtman. "Is there an end date? They say it's temporary." Jessica Sommerdyke just moved into the neighborhood and had one big concern. "I don't have a solid opinion yet. I'm just hoping it doesn't affect my property value," Sommerdyke said. As part of the city's comprehensive master plan on homelessness, the five shelters are being proposed under the WX freeway between 18th and 24th streets. "I clean up heroin needles all the time," said business owner David Ingram while looking directly at Steinberg on stage. "We're going to let people shoot heroin in the middle of the street and not do a damn thing about it?" Residents were shown on a map where the five proposed shelters would go marked by five yellow squares. "How many of these squares do you have anywhere near your home?" Ingram asked Steinberg. "How many?" Some residents said their neighborhood has already suffered a lot over the past year. "We've lost the antique fair, which used to be across from us," said Steve Sylvester who owns an antique store on X and 21st streets. "We've lost our food and veg market, which used to be down at the end of the road, and we've become a bit of an eyesore." Residents also said other neighborhoods across Sacramento need to share some of the burden. Steinberg pointed out, that's exactly what is in the master plan. "We've got a 5-acre site on Breeze Avenue in south Sacramento," Steinberg said. "We've got multi-acre sites in north Sacramento at Lexington and Eleanor. We've got an RT site at Roseville Road out in the north area. We've got an RT site on Florin Road." The mayor said things aren't set in stone and the city is open to other plans. "If you've got a better idea that's realistic, then we'll be open to it," Steinberg said. Councilmembers were tasked with identifying sites in their individual districts and vetting them with the community. The Newton Booth neighborhood is in District 4, which is represented by Councilmember Katie Valenzuela.