An East San Jose collective has stepped in to save the Mexican American Community Services Agency youth center...
Perry: We need real plans, not false promises
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan recently announced a new mathematical model developed by the housing department would “enable San Jose to end unsheltered homelessness” for only 5% of the cost of previous models. Unfortunately, this claim is a gross distortion of reality and of what the new model itself actually says. For years now, the mayor and his real estate industry backers have complained that the cost of ending San Jose homelessness with permanent housing is about $1 million per unit, or about $5 billion overall. This not only exaggerates the actual unit costs, but ignores the fact that some...
