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Cupertino spent affordable housing funds on lawsuit

Cupertino is scrambling to fix what city officials are calling an “accounting error” after discovering more than $100,000 in affordable housing dollars went to pay off fees from a housing lawsuit, drawing backlash from residents in a time of fiscal uncertainty. The city used money from its below-market-rate housing fund to pay for a lawsuit filed last year by...

LaFortune: AI takes over San Jose — and this article

Editor’s Note: Team San Jose last week hosted NVIDIA GTC, the #1 AI conference for developers, in the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. In the spirit of  innovation and the city’s pivotal role in advancing technology and hosting the global AI conference, columnist John LaFortune decided to show you what it can do. This month’s...

San Jose not diverting 911 calls to mental crisis hotline

San Jose is struggling to divert 911 calls related to mental and emotional distress away from police, despite the county adopting the 988 mental crisis hotline two years ago to handle those situations. A recent report shows county mental health teams in 2023 responded to just 2% of nearly 60,000 San Jose 911 calls that...

San Jose officials say large homeless shelters are obsolete

Two San Jose councilmembers have an ambitious plan to house thousands of the city’s homeless residents — but some of their colleagues say it will move the city backwards. Councilmembers Bien Doan and Arjun Batra have proposed a pilot program to build massive assembly room-style homeless shelters, with the option for private rooms. While their...

Sunnyvale to accelerate its housing growth

Santa Clara County’s second largest city just got its housing plans approved by the state, kickstarting 45 programs to increase development and put a dent in the housing crisis. After three rounds of review by the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development, Sunnyvale’s housing element was approved March 6 — more than a year...