SAN DIEGO — SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Room 117 at the Quality Inn in Shelltown is the closest thing to home Karla Castro has had in more than a week.
"I never imagined I would be in this situation," said Castro.
While her two kids are just waking up, Karla and her mom spend the morning packing up what little they still own. It all fits in the back of a truck bed, but just barely.
"I don't want to tell them the situation we're in because it's hard being homeless," said Castro, when asked how her children are handling the situation.
The duplex Castro was renting with her mom and stepdad flooded in last week's storm. Her car is still sitting in the driveway, totaled.
She has been paying for the hotel with her own money for the last three nights."
"$110 dollars per night... It was $129 dollars, but I explained our situation and they gave us a discount," said Castro.
Since the flood, Castro's hardly taken any time off from her job.
"I can't leave my work right now because that's like the only resource I'm going to have to save for money and if I leave my job, how am I going to do it?" she asked.
Castro says she called the County of San Diego's 211 line to ask about hotel vouchers, but says at the moment, they don't have any available.
She knows about the resource center in the Spring Valley library, but does not have the time or means to get there.
"How am I going to be there, you know? Like, I'm working and there is only one car and it's not even mine so I can't just be like - I'm taking the car, you know?" said Castro.
She also knows this is the reality for a lot of other people in San Diego.
"It's not only my family. My neighbors also, they also lost everything. They also have kids," she said.
Castro says the most important thing she needs is "a place to stay with my kids. A safe place for them."
Click here for a GoFundMe set up to help the family.
