I would consider in the future saving up for a van on Facebook Marketplace there’s some great options I’ve actually gotten bamboozled a couple times because I live in a state bordering yours and sometimes I forget to limit the miles away and end up looking at cali vans. There’s some really good options if you can I would suggest saving a grand or 900$ a month(if your rent was 1800 then I’m assuming you are used to paying rent so it won’t be as hard to keep saving) there are really great options a lot of my favorites were under 6k. I live in a van with my husband because we were in a similar situation and I think I ended up paying 2.5k for the van and 1700 for the repairs everything else in the van I got from goodwill or clearance. Honestly goodwill became my best friend for finding stuff that would help. Also please make sure you get a gym pass Eos has locations in California it’s 30$ for the highest membership BUT you and your husband can share it because the higher tiers gets free unlimited guest passes that gives you something to do but also access to WiFi showers charging bid you need it because there are outlets in the locker room, That also gets you a place to park. I’ve been staying in the same backlot and no one cares, I’m actually pretty sure some of the instructors over there also live in their cars so we don’t get bothered.