San Jose will open its first safe sleeping site for unhoused residents this week, marking a milestone in the city’s efforts to shelter those living on the streets.

People are expected to begin moving into the site on Tuesday. However, a lawsuit filed last week over conditions at a similar site in San Diego is raising new concerns about how people here will handle the heat.

Unhoused residents will soon move into red tents at San Jose’s new safe sleeping site on East Taylor Street. The location will accommodate up to 56 people, including eight ADA-accessible tents.

The site will also serve as a navigation center to connect people with resources, with the goal of moving them into permanent housing within about a month.

“This is the last thing I need over here,” said Austin Fiehler, who lives across the street and worries the new safe camping site will make his neighborhood less safe. He said he has seen people camping nearby set fires.

“There have been fires right in front of the house,” Fiehler said.

The site is located near Watson Park and Soccer Bowl. Some people there on Sunday said they were glad the unhoused would have a new place to help them get back on their feet.

The tents are opening as the city continues clearing San Jose’s largest homeless encampment at Columbus Park, moving people into five motels.

San Jose’s safe sleeping site was modeled after one in San Diego, which is much larger. Last week, a group of unhoused people living at the San Diego site filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that the tents put residents at risk of dangerous summer heat.

San Jose is using tents made by the same company, raising concerns among South Bay homeless advocates.

“Like the people who sued in San Diego, we have concerns, mostly related to heat, as well as disabled people. The heat down in San Diego inside the exact same tents was recorded at 110 degrees, and I know San Diego doesn’t get near as hot as San Jose,” said Shaunn Cartwright with the Unhoused Response Group.

NBC Bay Area reached out to Mayor Matt Mahan Sunday about the concerns. He responded with a statement, saying: “This is San Jose’s first safe sleeping site, and as a pilot, it will be carefully evaluated. These sites only succeed if they provide a clearly better and safer alternative to unmanaged encampments.”

The site will have security and will cost the city approximately $2.4 million a year to operate.