Santa Clara County expands hotel program for homeless residents - San José Spotlight

Santa Clara County expands hotel program for homeless residents - San José Spotlight

Santa Clara County is expanding its hotel shelter program for North County homeless residents following the delayed opening of a modular housing site in Palo Alto. The county has selected WeHope, a nonprofit homeless service provider, to work with up to 40 unhoused adults who will be temporarily housed at a hotel in Sunnyvale or Milpitas. The $1 million contract with WeHope will run through the end of the year or until the Palo Alto temporary ho…

CA Dem mayor calls for jailing homeless people who refuse housing

The Democratic mayor of one of California’s largest cities is pushing to tackle the state’s homeless crisis by enacting weightier consequences for rejecting housing services.  Last month, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan introduced a new policy that would amend the municipal code, allowing authorities to arrest homeless residents on trespassing charges if they refuse housing services three times within an 18-month period. The San Jose city council subs…

Is San Jose making progress on homelessness or are some of its ‘wins’ superficial?

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Dem mayor fed up with homeless crisis proposes jailing vagrants who refuse housing

San Jose, California, Mayor Matt Mahan proposes jailing homeless people who refuse shelter services after three times, deviating from his party's progressive flank.