An illustration of the proposed layout for the calf lot. Image courtesy of CLAM.

Marin County supervisors on Tuesday approved the $1.1 million purchase of a vacant lot in Point Reyes Station, invoking emergency powers to create temporary housing for the dozens of residents soon to be displaced from West Marin ranches.

The one-acre property at Sixth and B Streets will be developed in partnership with the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin, or CLAM, which plans to install about 14 mobile homes on the site for a…