California’s sky-high prices are forcing some into desperate measures — including living in parking lots, Buddhist communes and relying on gym memberships just to shower.

Soaring housing costs and stubborn inflation are squeezing Americans harder than ever, and one San Diego woman says she had to get creative simply to survive.

Michelle Finlon became homeless after moving from New York to San Diego. ABC

She said surviving California’s costs required unconventional solutions and support from unlikely places. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The latest Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found rent and lodging costs jumped 0.6% in April, the biggest spike in three years.

At the same time, Californians are also getting hammered at the pump , with regular unleaded averaging a jaw-dropping $6.15 a gallon , the highest price in the nation.

After relocating from New York to San Diego, Michelle Finlon said she wound up homeless for three years as the crushing cost of living swallowed…