Laura Sandoval

Regional Director, PATH San Jose

Housing and Homelessness Columnist

Column contributed fourth Monday of every month

Laura Sandoval joined PATH San Jose as the director of programs in July 2020, where she managed all regional programs including outreach, supportive housing and bridge housing programs. She now serves as the organization’s regional director. Laura has worked with persons emerging from homelessness in a range of settings including outreach, safe haven, VASH, individual therapy, rapid rehousing, property management and permanent supportive housing.

She is a licensed clinical social worker with over a decade of experience in supportive housing and mental health services. Laura earned her master’s degree in social work from California State University, Long Beach and a baccalaureate in intercultural studies.

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June 26, 2023June 23, 2023by Laura Sandoval

Sandoval: Reflections on homelessness, complex realities and simple truths

Over the last two years, it’s been an honor to connect with San José Spotlight readers on the critical issue of housing. This column has been a collective effort of many PATH colleagues equally committed to highlighting a diverse range of topics that intersect with homelessness—racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights and structural causes of this crisis, to...

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April 24, 2023April 24, 2023by Laura Sandoval

Sandoval: Making services and shelters pet friendly is vital to ending homelessness

One of the most vital goals of our work to end homelessness is to reduce barriers to services, shelter and housing. We know that these solutions work, but for a variety of reasons, people don’t always seek or accept them. One of the barriers to shelter or housing for people experiencing homelessness is pet ownership....

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February 27, 2023February 24, 2023by Laura Sandoval

Sandoval: Homelessness is a policy choice

When we see our neighbors living unsheltered along our sidewalks or parks, it’s tempting to tell ourselves it was their own decisions that put them there. But overall, homelessness is not a personal choice. It’s a policy choice, made and solidified by decisions and indecision at every level over decades, that has led to San...

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