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Some credited the cameras with solving crime, while others warned of surveillance risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police Chief Paul Joseph told the council the cameras have been instrumental in solving serious crimes — including murders, kidnappings and sexual assaults — across every district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have never seen a technology advance so impactful to our ability to keep the community safe as I have with these license plate reader cameras,” Joseph said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15279913&GUID=F5A3F78C-488C-4982-A9DC-EFFD550773B4\">changes\u003c/a> reduce the default data retention period from one year to 30 days, prohibit placing cameras near reproductive health care facilities and places of worship, and add new documentation and authentication requirements for agencies requesting access to the data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12076124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1987px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12076124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/IMG_1821-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1987\" height=\"1490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/IMG_1821-1.jpg 1987w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/IMG_1821-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/IMG_1821-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1987px) 100vw, 1987px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hui Tran, executive director of the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, addresses demonstrators outside San Jose City Hall on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, as the City Council prepared to vote on changes to the city’s automated license plate reader program. \u003ccite>(Ayah Ali-Ahmad/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials said the new policy would also save the city an estimated $147,000 annually in storage costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, Santa Cruz became the first city in the state to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12069705/santa-cruz-the-first-in-california-to-terminate-its-contract-with-flock-safety\">terminate its Flock contract in January\u003c/a>, after city officials confirmed out-of-state agencies had accessed its data in violation of state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain View \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072077/as-california-cities-grow-wary-of-flock-safety-cameras-mountain-views-shuts-its-off\">shut off its cameras in February\u003c/a> after a similar discovery, and Santa Clara County supervisors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074467/santa-clara-county-leaders-cut-out-flock-safety-in-new-surveillance-policy\">also amended their surveillance policy last month\u003c/a> to effectively cut out Flock as a vendor in Cupertino, Saratoga and Los Altos Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José has 474 Flock cameras administered by the police department’s Real Time Intelligence Center.[aside postID=news_12069838 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250319-SF-SPEED-CAMERAS-MD-06_qed-1.jpg'] Joseph said the department has never shared data with federal immigration authorities — which would be illegal under California law — and that the manufacturer has disabled that capability statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An independent audit found no unauthorized access or suspicious activity, according to the city’s Chief Information Officer Khaled Tawfik.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates say restricting the cameras is not enough — they want the city to end its Flock contract entirely. Kimberly Woo, an organizer with the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, said no policy can fully protect residents from what she called the “dangers of mass surveillance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must refuse to give this authoritarian federal government any AI mass surveillance weapon that will and has already been used to hunt our neighbors,” Woo said at a rally outside City Hall before the city council’s vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last year, SIREN and the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064587/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-license-plate-reader-use\"> a lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> over its use of the cameras. Advocates warned that the data could be used to track residents visiting mosques, immigration legal clinics or health care facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan helps to install a Flock Safety brand automated license plate reader on April 23, 2024. Civil liberties groups are now suing the city and Mahan over the technology’s uses. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The coalition is calling on the city to permanently end its Flock contract, halt all license plate reader operations until an alternative vendor is found, require judicial warrants for all data searches and establish a quarterly independent audit process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the council discussion, Mayor Matt Mahan defended the city’s approach, arguing San José had been ahead of other cities in establishing privacy protections before Tuesday’s additional recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally believe from everything I have read, seen, studied and discussed that we’ve struck the right balance here,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council approved two additional memos related to the Flock contract. A \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15300715&GUID=F23F24C0-E5F4-4B56-9966-79D2D9CB7240\">brief \u003c/a>authored by Councilmember Domingo Candelas and four colleagues directs the city manager to explore alternative vendors, prohibits facial recognition integration and adds consulate and embassy offices to the list of sensitive locations where cameras cannot be placed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Councilmember Peter Ortiz speaks during a rally outside of Regional Medical Center in East San José on May 24. Ortiz and others called on Attorney General Rob Bonta to halt service cuts planned by the hospital’s ownership. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15300754&GUID=16AEDB62-5677-4F86-A16A-FF261DF0056B\">separate memo\u003c/a> from Councilmember Peter Ortiz expanded placement restrictions to include facilities that primarily offer gender-affirming care. During the meeting, Ortiz went further, saying the city should end its Flock contract entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My concern is not with ALPR technology itself; my concern is with Flock Safety as a vendor,” Ortiz said. “Honestly, I believe we should end our contract with Flock today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz noted that the contract comes up for renewal each June, meaning the council could opt not to extend it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> Joseph said the department has never shared data with federal immigration authorities — which would be illegal under California law — and that the manufacturer has disabled that capability statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An independent audit found no unauthorized access or suspicious activity, according to the city’s Chief Information Officer Khaled Tawfik.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates say restricting the cameras is not enough — they want the city to end its Flock contract entirely. Kimberly Woo, an organizer with the Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, said no policy can fully protect residents from what she called the “dangers of mass surveillance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must refuse to give this authoritarian federal government any AI mass surveillance weapon that will and has already been used to hunt our neighbors,” Woo said at a rally outside City Hall before the city council’s vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late last year, SIREN and the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064587/civil-liberties-groups-sue-san-jose-over-license-plate-reader-use\"> a lawsuit against the city\u003c/a> over its use of the cameras. Advocates warned that the data could be used to track residents visiting mosques, immigration legal clinics or health care facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12064595\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12064595\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9.png 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/11/image-9-1536x1024.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan helps to install a Flock Safety brand automated license plate reader on April 23, 2024. Civil liberties groups are now suing the city and Mahan over the technology’s uses. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The coalition is calling on the city to permanently end its Flock contract, halt all license plate reader operations until an alternative vendor is found, require judicial warrants for all data searches and establish a quarterly independent audit process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the council discussion, Mayor Matt Mahan defended the city’s approach, arguing San José had been ahead of other cities in establishing privacy protections before Tuesday’s additional recommendations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I personally believe from everything I have read, seen, studied and discussed that we’ve struck the right balance here,” Mahan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council approved two additional memos related to the Flock contract. A \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15300715&GUID=F23F24C0-E5F4-4B56-9966-79D2D9CB7240\">brief \u003c/a>authored by Councilmember Domingo Candelas and four colleagues directs the city manager to explore alternative vendors, prohibits facial recognition integration and adds consulate and embassy offices to the list of sensitive locations where cameras cannot be placed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11987727\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11987727\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-5_qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José City Councilmember Peter Ortiz speaks during a rally outside of Regional Medical Center in East San José on May 24. Ortiz and others called on Attorney General Rob Bonta to halt service cuts planned by the hospital’s ownership. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15300754&GUID=16AEDB62-5677-4F86-A16A-FF261DF0056B\">separate memo\u003c/a> from Councilmember Peter Ortiz expanded placement restrictions to include facilities that primarily offer gender-affirming care. During the meeting, Ortiz went further, saying the city should end its Flock contract entirely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My concern is not with ALPR technology itself; my concern is with Flock Safety as a vendor,” Ortiz said. “Honestly, I believe we should end our contract with Flock today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ortiz noted that the contract comes up for renewal each June, meaning the council could opt not to extend it. 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"content": "\u003cp>San José State University is challenging the Trump administration’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071407/trump-officials-say-san-jose-state-broke-civil-rights-law-by-letting-trans-athlete-play\">threats to withhold funding\u003c/a> over policies supporting transgender student-athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit filed in federal court last week by the California State University system comes after the U.S. Department of Education presented San José State with an ultimatum in January, saying that if the school does not make a set of sweeping policy changes and public statements barring transgender students from athletic programs, it could risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in federal financial aid and research funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That is no choice at all,” the lawsuit reads. “SJSU has filed this action to defend the rule of law and protect itself and its community against such lawless acts by the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school made national headlines when a series of opponents forfeited games against its women’s volleyball team, which had a transgender player, in 2024. Shortly after, the department’s Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into San José State University in February 2025, alleging the school violated federal Title IX law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, and the NCAA said it would change its policies in line with the directive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074482\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074482\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/GettyImages-2262729717-scaled-e1773182284895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1413\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House on Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. \u003ccite>(Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The moves followed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12015114/anti-trans-lawsuit-seeks-ban-san-jose-state-volleyball-player-tournament\">lawsuit filed during the 2024 season\u003c/a> by San José State’s co-captain, Brooke Slusser and a slew of players on teams that had forfeited attempting to bar the transgender athlete from playing on San José State’s team, alleging that the school and the Big Mountain West athletic conference violated the rights of women by allowing transgender players to compete. At the time, the university had not acknowledged publicly whether a transgender athlete played on the team, and the player had not yet publicly \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/magazine/trans-athletes-women-college-sports.html\">come out\u003c/a> as trans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In January, the federal government threatened to withhold federal funding if it didn’t make changes to school policies that state that there are only two sexes and that “the sex of a human — female or male — is unchangeable,” issue public and personal apologies to women who forfeited games against the volleyball team and bar transgender women from women’s sports teams and gendered facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school receives nearly $200 million in research funding from the federal government. About two-thirds of its students also rely on a total of about $130 million in federal financial aid, according to the lawsuit. Without the funding, the lawsuit states, those students, many of whom are the first in their families to go to college, could lose necessary financial support and may not be able to afford tuition.[aside postID=news_12071407 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/241120-TransgenderAthletes-01-1020x680.jpg']Still, the CSU rejected the proposed resolution agreement from the Department of Education last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the school said that its policies allowing transgender players to participate on the team between 2022 and 2024 were in line with federal law, and the DOE’s own interpretation of Title IX at the time. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also issued rulings in 2023 and 2024 upholding the rights of transgender athletes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our position is simple: We have followed the law and cannot be punished for doing so,” SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the CSU added that any future change cannot be applied retroactively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The President does not have the authority to override judicial decisions interpreting the Constitution or federal statutes — much less to go back in time and change the rules that applied before he took office,” the suit reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement on its website, the CSU said its policies supporting transgender students and prohibiting gender identity discrimination remain in place, and “remains unwavering in its commitment to fostering an inclusive, respectful, and safe environment for all students, faculty, and staff — including LGBTQ+ community members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the question of whether transgender athletes could be barred from competing in women’s sports more broadly in the future remains unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12016237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12016237\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed.jpg\" alt=\"Inside a gym with players in yellow uniforms.\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/AP24306173842056_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, the CSU rejected the proposed resolution agreement from the Department of Education last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys for the school said that its policies allowing transgender players to participate on the team between 2022 and 2024 were in line with federal law, and the DOE’s own interpretation of Title IX at the time. 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Under San José’s weak-mayor system, that work will be left to the city manager, who oversees the municipal workforce and crafts a detailed budget based on the mayor’s budget message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his message, Mahan called broadly for reductions to come with minimal service impacts; investments in downtown to spur economic activity; and the pursuit of new revenue, including a potential expansion of the parcel tax that supports libraries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And he vowed to reduce the ongoing cost of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072999/tiny-homes-big-ambitions-matt-mahans-run-for-governor-spotlights-his-shelter-strategy\">signature program\u003c/a>: a network of shelters and tiny homes for people experiencing homelessness that Mahan has credited for a drop in the city’s unsheltered homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12075969\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12075969\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/03/20230801-SJCityHall-21-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedestrians walk past City Hall in San José, California, on Aug. 1, 2023. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The city council will review Mahan’s initial budget plan on March 17. That vote will be followed by months of hearings and negotiations, before the council votes on a final budget in early June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Tucker, senior union representative for AFSCME Local 101, said there is a “pretty big concern” that layoffs could be coming. AFSCME represents most unionized municipal employees, including workers at San José Mineta International Airport and city libraries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San José already runs with one of the leanest city workforces of any major city in the country,” Tucker said. “So, when budget pressure like this hits, there’s not really a lot of cushion — and what that usually looks like then is reduced library hours and longer response times for services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/128789/639081378653070000\">budget forecast\u003c/a> released last week, San José’s city manager wrote that while city revenues are only slightly lower than anticipated last year, projected expenditures are running $54.2 million higher — largely driven by increases in employee compensation and retirement contributions.[aside postID=news_12075490 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260227-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-05-KQED.jpg']Last fall, the city council unanimously approved a new contract with San José’s police union with wage increases of 7%, 5% and 3%, which will cost an \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14792860&GUID=534B17E5-8894-4197-B2DE-396CB354F373\">estimated\u003c/a> $14.3 million in the upcoming fiscal year, according to the city’s director of human resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The forecast also pointed to the cost of the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072666/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-wants-to-be-governor-heres-a-look-into-his-signature-homelessness-program\">interim housing program\u003c/a>, which has rapidly expanded during Mahan’s time as mayor to include nearly 2,200 shelter spots across a network of tiny homes, converted motels and RV parking lots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of interim housing costs are covered using money in a voter-approved homeless fund — the result of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">previous\u003c/a> budget \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043418/san-jose-council-approves-mahans-shelter-enforcement-plan\">debates\u003c/a> during Mahan’s tenure. But operating costs for the shelters are currently projected to outstrip that Measure E funding, requiring a projected $15 million infusion from the general fund in the upcoming budget year and $29 million in 2027-28.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have essentially shifted all of that money to [interim housing], and it is still not enough,” Councilmember Pamela Campos said in an interview. “It is unsustainable to be addressing our homelessness crisis at a level that is so focused on one faction of the issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan has described those forecasts as “pessimistic” and is promising to drive down interim housing costs by re-bidding contracts, obtaining funding from the state government and Santa Clara County and exploring the idea of charging interim housing residents a fee for their stay or having them assume maintenance tasks at the properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As we complete this phase of shelter expansion, we are shifting focus to system optimization: building on our progress by lowering operating costs without compromising outcomes,” Mahan wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12042506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12042506\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/06/250529-SJARRESTSHELTERVOTE-14-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An interim housing site is built near an unhoused community along the Guadalupe River in San José on May 29, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City budget analysts are projecting that this year’s shortfall will be followed by smaller deficits of $26.8 million in 2027-28 and $11.8 million in 2028-29, before expected surpluses at the end of the decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Retirement costs, the subject of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10656386/san-joses-long-and-winding-road-to-pension-reform-takes-another-turn\">bitter political fights\u003c/a> last decade, are expected to decrease in future budget years — from $405.1 million in 2026-27 to $382.6 million in 2030-31.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, labor relations remain a volatile political issue in California’s third-largest city.[aside postID=news_12074738 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-12-BL-KQED.jpg']In 2023, Mahan was the lone vote against a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11958290/san-jose-city-council-approves-agreements-with-unions-to-avoid-strike\">wage agreement\u003c/a> with two unions representing nearly 4,500 city workers that narrowly avoided a strike. In a recent interview with KQED’s \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>, Mahan said the city’s current fiscal outlook has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12075490/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-positions-himself-as-a-change-candidate-in-governors-race\">vindicated\u003c/a> him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over my warning, our council, under an incredible amount of pressure from some of our unions, gave a 14.5% raise over three years,” Mahan said. “This year we will be cutting services, we will be laying off unionized workers as a result, and it was avoidable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tucker, the union representative, called Mahan’s comment “concerning.” He pointed to the wage increase for police officers and questioned the administration’s downtown spending related to major sporting events and future upgrades to the SAP Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If the city can spend on hockey arena upgrades and global events like the Super Bowl and the World Cup and March Madness, it should be able to fund the workforce that continues to deliver services,” Tucker said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new infusion of tax revenue could be on the way to help ease future cuts. City leaders are asking San José voters to approve a 2% increase in the city’s hotel tax that could raise $10 million annually.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>After his first practice with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-jose-sharks\">San José Sharks\u003c/a> since the Winter Olympics ended, 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini seemed taken aback by the number of cameras there to watch him play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the most media we have ever had. Ever,” he said Wednesday afternoon with a slight smile and a cut on his cheek from the international games still apparent. “It’s starting to feel like a Canadian market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teenage hockey player has become a breakout star for his impressive run in Milan, and his performance has made the Bay Area hyped for his return to the Sharks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the team’s chief marketing officer, Doug Bentz, individual game ticket sales for the Sharks are up 56% over last year, and Celebrini’s Team Canada jerseys sold out in less than an hour. Four of the six home games after the Olympics are almost or already sold out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would tell people, ‘If you want to come see Macklin live, get tickets as soon as possible,’” Bentz said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/real_max_miller/status/2027218208667914508?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with being one of the youngest players in men’s ice hockey on the global stage, Celebrini led \u003ca href=\"https://www.nhl.com/news/macklin-celebrini-back-with-san-jose-sharks-learned-a-lot-at-olympics-in-milan\">the Olympic tournament with five goals in six games\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Jackie_Redmond/status/2024951958952370547\">a surprisingly large amount of playing time\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrini even had American fans rooting for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was amazing. He was playing like crazy out there,” said J’lah Johnson of Modesto, a fan of both men’s and women’s ice hockey. “I’m Canadian at heart for Celebrini!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/leavetowns/status/2027222292061999414?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Sharks lost their first game after the Olympics on Thursday night, the excitement around Celebrini has fans starting to rank him among the Bay’s notable stars like the Warriors’ Stephen Curry and fellow Olympians \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12074589/olympic-star-alysa-liu-is-back-in-the-bay-and-oakland-is-ready-to-celebrate\">Alysa Liu\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/7355691/eileen-gu-interview-2026-olympics/\">Eileen Gu\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I hope that energy [from Milan] still translates for us back home,” Johnson said. “Prior to the Olympics, none of my friends could name a player. But a few of them have asked me — since they know I’m really into it — ‘Oh, do you know Celebrini?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, here we go.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New attention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Bentz, Celebrini has “exploded both locally and outside of the market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look over basically one year, the average daily mentions for Macklin versus his average during the Olympics” saw about a 420% increase in articles and social media posts, Bentz said. The Sharks’ own social media engagement went up as well, despite not posting as much during the Olympics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074750\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074750\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1326\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-2-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-2-1536x1018.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brady Tkachuk #7 of Team United States blocks a shot by Macklin Celebrini #17 of Team Canada during the Men’s Gold Medal match on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan, Italy. The United States defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Devoted Sharks fans seemed shocked by the newfound attention and by the fact that Sharks in-jokes have \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/dewties/status/2026104664668639461?s=46&t=7BBzFwo6eYLzJIVfAlumEQ\">“breached containment.”\u003c/a> A major example: A team-sponsored fundraiser where fellow player Will Smith \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVJ_Xj7EhJ9/\">seemingly volunteered Celebrini\u003c/a> for an \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/Frost_Cupcake/status/2026354390924407265?s=20\">“elevated cupcake experience”\u003c/a> at a San José bakery right after Canada’s loss to the U.S. in the gold medal game has become a meme-worthy moment, with posts about it attracting over \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@butterflybridgers/video/7609885938067574029\">259,000 likes on TikTok\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New fans\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Hockey has seen an uptick of interest among the American mainstream audience, especially after the success of \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5637480\">the television series \u003cem>Heated Rivalry\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, the Olympics and gold from both U.S. men’s and women’s teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the American men’s ice hockey team is also facing some backlash after players celebrated their win \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-s1-5724942/fbi-directors-leadership-questioned-after-partying-with-the-us-mens-hockey-team\">with FBI Director Kash Patel \u003c/a>and laughed at a comment made by President Donald Trump that \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/sport/hilary-knight-president-trump-distasteful-joke\">slighted the women’s team\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074937\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074937\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Macklin-Celebrini-Getty-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Silver medalists Bo Horvat #14, Macklin Celebrini #17 and Thomas Harley #20 of Team Canada react during the medal ceremony following the Men’s Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States on day 16 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena on Feb. 22, 2026, in Milan, Italy. \u003ccite>(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When thinking about new fans who are just getting into hockey, Johnson said that “this is still one of the most conservative sports and has not always been super open.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recommended that fans “find your community within the community,” and noted that there is a growing number of LGBTQ+ fans and fans of color, “so our voices are a little bit more heard, whether it’s on social media or in person.”[aside postID=news_12074589 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/AlysaLiuGetty3.jpg']Old and new fans alike are waiting to see if the Sharks, with their talented young roster, have what it takes to make it to the playoffs this year — something \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosehockeynow.com/san-jose-sharks-celebrini-askarov-nedeljkovic-playoffs/\">they haven’t done since 2019.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anticipation has also added pressure on the teen player, which made some fans worried for him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his part, Celebrini said on Wednesday he is “excited to start playing again” with the Sharks and bring the mindset he’s learned from some of the best players at the Olympics to San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’ll be hoping for a turnaround after Canada’s silver-medal finish, a feeling that he said will stick with him forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of those guys I looked up to my whole childhood, and it was an honor to play with them and be around them every single day,” the Vancouver-born athlete said. “But it sucks. 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But a few of them have asked me — since they know I’m really into it — ‘Oh, do you know Celebrini?’ I’m like, ‘Oh, here we go.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>New attention\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>According to Bentz, Celebrini has “exploded both locally and outside of the market.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you look over basically one year, the average daily mentions for Macklin versus his average during the Olympics” saw about a 420% increase in articles and social media posts, Bentz said. 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"content": "\u003cp>Whether the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/bay-area\">Bay Area\u003c/a>’s biggest city can meet its lofty housing goals to help cool a red-hot affordability crisis in the coming years could hinge on the fate of a former golf course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Housing advocates say the 113-acre former Pleasant Hills Golf Course in East San José, a huge plot of open land that shuttered in 2004, has the potential to become a thriving new neighborhood with several thousand homes or more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But neighbors and some city officials are not as keen to stack the site so densely over concerns about worsening traffic congestion and maintaining the area’s character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San José is still way behind. It’s way behind on its housing, and it’s way behind on its thinking about what development should look like,” said Alex Shoor, the executive director of Catalyze SV, a pro-housing group in Silicon Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We either build a lot of housing on this site, and we’re actually serious about solving the housing crisis, or we have elected officials and civic leaders who continue to pay lip service to housing while doing nowhere near enough to solve the real issues,” Shoor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José could make a big dent in its state-mandated housing target to create 62,200 homes between 2023 and 2031 — a goal it is presently not on pace to meet — if it takes a full swing on the former course and pushes for roughly 6,000 homes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074334\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074334\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-22-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-22-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-22-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-22-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pedestrian walks by a sign reading “Notice of Development Proposal” covered in graffiti at the site of the former Pleasant Hills Golf Course in San José on Feb. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Like much of the Bay Area, San José doesn’t have many large tracts of developable land left in its urban areas, making the golf course all the more appealing to housing advocates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This development should be a walkable, dense, vibrant neighborhood where shops, workplaces and housing and recreation space should all be next to each other. That is how centuries of housing and communities have been built. And it is how you create the most safe, sustainable and dynamic neighborhoods,” Shoor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The course opened in 1960 and closed in 2004, according to the city. The family that owns the land said it shut down due to rising costs and changing interests, \u003ca href=\"https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-officials-want-denser-housing-on-former-golf-course/\">San José Spotlight\u003c/a> reported.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A proposal from Mark Lazzarini and Tony Arreola, two prominent South Bay real estate investors, initially contemplated about 1,700 homes, largely plotted out as single-family homes or townhomes, but was reworked to propose 2,000 homes in recent months, after city planning staff urged the pair to boost the density as high as 2,850 homes.[aside postID=news_12069836 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/251208-DOWNTOWN-WEST-MD-08-KQED.jpg']City planners have also said the project should include a significant number of affordable homes, commercial space and park or open space, and provide easier connections to the nearby Eastridge Transit Center and Lake Cunningham.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some neighbors worry the city is being too prescriptive about what the developer should build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Reese, a leader of the District Eight Community Roundtable, which represents several neighborhood associations in the area, said the project needs to be consistent with the existing single-family home communities in the area. He pointed to city studies that show denser mid-rise projects often don’t pencil out for developers under current market conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Reese said Shoor and a group of like-minded community organizations calling for very dense housing on the land are oversimplifying a complex situation. A more realistic project, in his view, should be in the realm of 1,300 or 1,700 homes, on the high end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s one thing to have capacity, but we need to have something actually get built,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the [San José City] Council is going to have to be focused on whether they want a chicken in the pot or turkey in the bush,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The site, while fully bounded by the city of San José, is currently an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, and the county’s housing goals imagine the potential for up to 2,850 homes on the site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12074333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12074333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-18-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-18-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-18-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/260223-PLEASANTHILLSDEV-18-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An open grassy area at the former Pleasant Hills Golf Course in San José on Feb. 23, 2026. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If it were to be developed, City Planning Director Chris Burton said the property would need to be annexed into the city, and it’s not yet clear how the city and the county would divvy up the housing totals toward their respective targets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not very often we get 110 acres,” Burton said. “Obviously, the market wants to drive to feasibility, which at this moment in time tends to be at lower densities. Certainly, the neighborhood is concerned about the impacts of more units in the area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he also noted that market conditions that determine financing for housing projects can shift, and any large project on the site would take many years to build, in phases.[aside postID=news_12069608 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/019_KQED_RichmondHousing_08162022_qed.jpg']“From a city perspective, we really don’t see the future of building out the city around single-family homes and lower densities. We’ve got to continue to maximize opportunity to add,” he said. “But in a process like this, we have to balance all of those interests.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Converting golf courses and sprawling private recreational spaces into havens of housing and retail is not a new idea, particularly in places where development tends to happen as infill in small pockets. But like in San José, some communities oppose the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just over the border from San José in Santa Clara, developers are planning \u003ca href=\"https://www.santaclaraca.gov/Home/Components/BusinessDirectory/BusinessDirectory/531/2495?npage=4\">316 apartments\u003c/a> on a portion of the popular nine-hole Pruneridge Golf Course, which already has older housing stock woven into it. That project doesn’t plan to replace the course, but will require a reconfiguration of three holes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Brentwood in the East Bay, voters overwhelmingly chose in a 2022 ballot measure to restrict potential developments across several golf course properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in San Diego, a developer is working to replace the Riverwalk Golf Club with 4,300 residential units, more than 150,000 square feet of retail space and 1 million square feet of office space, plus nearly 100 acres of green space, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/28/riverwalk-developer-secures-380m-resumes-construction-on-mission-valley-project/\">The San Diego Union-Tribune\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San José, the Pleasant Hills Golf Course proposal is still undergoing environmental review. 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"content": "\u003cp>Some mayors have airports as legacy projects. Others have downtown arenas. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/matt-mahan\">Matt Mahan\u003c/a> has tiny homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, Mahan, the mayor of San José and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071306/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-announces-run-for-california-governor\">Democratic candidate\u003c/a> for California governor, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12072666/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-wants-to-be-governor-heres-a-look-into-his-signature-homelessness-program\">celebrated the opening\u003c/a> of a tiny home project in North San José. A six-acre patch of dirt next to the Valley Transportation Authority’s Cerone Yard was transformed into a hub of 162 private rooms for people experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Cerone ribbon-cutting marked the end of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12064380/new-san-jose-tiny-homes-for-unhoused-open-next-to-former-encampment\">ambitious expansion\u003c/a> of shelter in the state’s third-largest city — the last project the city had budgeted in a construction sprint. In the last year, 11 temporary housing sites opened their doors and an existing site more than doubled in size, adding a total of 1,319 beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This phase of shelter expansion may be over for now,” Mahan said at the site’s opening. “But our fight to end unsheltered homelessness continues.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter building boom is sunsetting just as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071841/can-a-centrist-democrat-win-the-governors-race\">new chapter\u003c/a> in Mahan’s political career begins. At the Cerone opening, the mayor’s usual cadre of city staff were joined by new faces: members of a campaign team guiding Mahan’s run for governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that campaign, Mahan will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070167/governors-race-takes-shape-as-bonta-opts-out-mahan-weighs-run\">likely tout his ability\u003c/a> to take on the state’s most vexing problems by pointing to his experience as mayor. The tiny homes, converted motels and RV parking lots that together make up San José’s Emergency Interim Housing system stand as the visual embodiment of Mahan’s tenure — the fruit of multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042688/mahan-unveils-final-san-jose-budget-plan\">budget fights\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949797/in-controversial-plan-san-jose-mayor-seeks-to-use-homelessness-dollars-to-build-more-temporary-shelters-instead-of-permanent-housing\">political clashes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Mahan and his supporters, the interim housing network is pragmatism in practice — an example of the type of “bias for action” prized in Silicon Valley that has delivered quick results on voters’ top issue. For critics, the tiny homes are monuments to political expediency, with a growing price tag that could weigh on the city’s books long after Mahan leaves office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan addresses reporters and city leaders at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“San José set a goal to create a lot more shelter units, and they’ve done it,” said Jennifer Loving, CEO of Destination: Home, a housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the city’s new shelter focus has only solved “part of the problem,” Loving said. “Because obviously people can’t live in those places forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interim housing sites have filled up just as quickly as they have opened, offering residents a more comfortable alternative to traditional congregate shelters. And on Mahan’s most prized metric, reducing unsheltered homelessness, the tiny homes appear to be delivering: last year’s point-in-time count found the number of people sleeping outdoors had \u003ca href=\"https://osh.santaclaracounty.gov/data-and-reports/point-time-count\">dropped by 10%\u003c/a> since January 2023, when Mahan took office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as this phase of the tiny home buildout winds down, nearly 4,000 people are still without shelter in San José — and the system’s future is uncertain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072536\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HomeFirst CEO Rene Ramirez speaks during a news conference at the grand opening of the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahan and the council have committed to operate the shelter system in perpetuity, with no guarantee of ongoing funding help from the county, state or federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim housing costs are outstripping the city’s dedicated homeless fund, and by 2029, the shelters could require an infusion of nearly $60 million from the city’s general fund, which pays for basic services like police and fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have leaned out in a big way in — some would say — taking a risk on going it alone and building out a system that is very expensive,” Mahan said. “The fact that we did that, though, and have shown that it’s working, I think has shown that we are committed to ending this crisis and has actually built the social and political capital to get others to the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A funding reversal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the South Bay ranked last among large California Continuums of Care (HUD-designated regional homeless planning bodies) in shelter capacity, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/taking-stock-of-californias-capacity-to-house-its-homeless-population/\">an analysis\u003c/a> by the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San José, Santa Clara City and County Continuum of Care had 29 shelter beds per 100 people experiencing homelessness — well behind San Diego (61.1 beds per 100 homeless individuals), San Francisco (50.9), Riverside (40) and Los Angeles (34.9).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan won \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932432/cindy-chavez-concedes-race-for-san-jose-mayor-to-matt-mahan\">an upset victory\u003c/a> in the 2022 mayoral election on a vow to reduce unsheltered homelessness. But city funding was largely dedicated to building affordable apartments that offer a permanent path off the streets — though they typically take longer to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072533\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outdoor common areas and walkways are shown at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. The site will include shared seating, shaded areas and support facilities for future residents. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To engineer San José’s shift toward a shelter-focused strategy, Mahan eyed a pot of money created by voters in a 2020 ballot initiative, Measure E. The tax on high-value real estate sales raises around $50 million to $60 million a year — roughly 75% of which is dedicated to building permanent affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first year as mayor, a council majority \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952913/san-jose-council-approves-modest-shift-toward-temporary-homeless-housing\">rejected Mahan’s proposal\u003c/a> to redirect a larger share of the Measure E revenue toward interim housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">next two years\u003c/a>, Mahan evinced a political savvy in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">spearheading the reversal\u003c/a> in city homeless funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacking the executive power of other big-city mayors, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979482/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-calls-for-urgent-action-on-homelessness-in-city-budget-plan\">trumpeted warnings\u003c/a> that the city could face fines for its lack of shelter; urged his colleagues to continue approving new shelter construction (adding pressure to find revenue to support the costs); and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">built a roster of allies\u003c/a> on the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the council \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043418/san-jose-council-approves-mahans-shelter-enforcement-plan\">voted to permanently dedicate\u003c/a> 90% of the homeless fund toward shelter, with the remaining 10% earmarked for homeless prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding reversal was complete, and construction of tiny home villages continued apace — in Downtown, Berryessa and South San José. Neighborhood opposition, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942734/emergency-calls-complaints-are-down-near-san-joses-temporary-housing-sites-so-why-are-they-still-so-politically-risky\">once threatened to derail\u003c/a> the program, began to soften.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of Mahan’s tenure, the city was operating seven interim housing facilities. Now there are 23 — a mix of individual room projects such as Cerone, modular studio apartments, converted motel rooms and parking lots for lived-in vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investments ‘started to bear fruit’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By the beginning of 2025, the South Bay had already caught up to the shelter capacity of other large California jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD has not yet released point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness in 2025 or the annual Housing Inventory Count of shelter. But seven of the state’s largest Continuums of Care provided the data they reported to HUD, either publicly or in response to a request from KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In two years, the South Bay’s ratio of beds per 100 people experiencing homelessness had jumped from 29.0 to 40.6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Local Shelter Capacity in California\" aria-label=\"Dot Plot\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-dmxrZ\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/dmxrZ/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"333\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout 2025, San José opened a dozen more interim projects, adding more than 1,000 additional beds that were not reflected in the count, which typically takes place at the beginning of the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vacancy rates for the new tiny homes have remained low — in part because San José’s shelter expansion looks very different from the large congregate shelters that offer a cot or bunk-bed in a large room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Congregate shelters can leave residents without privacy and dignity — and open to crime and abuse, said Benjamin Henwood, director of the Homelessness Policy Research Institute at USC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People sort of voted with their feet, meaning they opted out of these shelters,” Henwood said. “They preferred living unsheltered without all of those risks that came with a congregate shelter.”[aside postID=news_11988728 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_7876_qut-1020x765.jpg']While the designs of San José’s tiny home shelters vary from site to site, nearly all offer a private room with a locked door — and access to case managers who can help coordinate medical needs and search for permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The tiny homes have consistently been more than 95% full. The utilization rate across 13 locations tracked on an ongoing basis \u003ca href=\"https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiMjUxM2ZiMjAtNmE5Zi00ZTJlLWI4YjQtYTU3NjdiY2Q5OTBkIiwidCI6IjBmZTMzYmUwLTYxNDItNGY5Ni05YjhkLTc4MTdkNWMyNjEzOSJ9&pageName=fc2a0a27f1654d314199%22\">stands at 96%\u003c/a> over the last seven months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miguel Torres moved into the Rue Ferrari interim housing community in South San José last year. He had been living in his car for a year, by a train station on Monterey Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Work was slow, and it was hard for me to find jobs and all that,” he said. “I didn’t have no resources in the car, and it’s hard to drive here and there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, Torres saw outreach workers knocking on nearby tents. They were offering spots at Rue Ferrari, which expanded this year from 124 to 268 beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He jumped at the opportunity but had concerns about what life would be like in short-term housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I heard a lot of stuff [about] shelters because, you know, you live with a lot of people in bunk beds,” Torres said. “But here it’s peaceful, you get your own room, they kind of show you how to be independent more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And for me, because I get a little anxiety, it’s perfect for me,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four months later, Torres has settled into his one-bedroom, one-bathroom unit. His bed is covered with a San Francisco 49ers blanket, and a TV and speakers sit at the foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Earlier today I was shaving, cutting my hair, and I had the music bumping — not too loud, respect the neighbors — but, ah man, you can’t complain, dude,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A growing price tag\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Thousands of new shelter beds, with high rates of usage, have contributed to a decline in the number of people sleeping outdoors in San José — from 4,411 in January 2023 to 3,959 in January 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A countywide financial assistance program also helped — \u003ca href=\"https://news.nd.edu/news/targeted-prevention-helps-stop-homelessness-before-it-starts/\">Notre Dame researchers\u003c/a> credited it with dramatically reducing the number of people becoming homeless in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The investments that the city has been making have really started to bear fruit,” said Anthony Tordillos, a city council member representing downtown. “By bringing that additional capacity online, the city’s been successful in actually being able to move people from the streets and get them into more secure housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072534\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of newly installed tiny homes line a pedestrian walkway at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. The city secured $12.7 million in state funding to purchase the homes. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But San José is still thousands of beds short of the 5,477 shelter beds the city estimated last year would be needed to achieve “functional zero” homelessness — meaning anyone who lost their housing would be able to access a bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Barring any influx of state or federal funding, the city’s shelter system won’t be greatly expanding anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And just maintaining a system the size of San José’s could be difficult.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In permanent supportive housing projects, tenants typically pay a small share of rent or are subsidized by a federal housing voucher. In interim housing, there is typically no rent to offset the mounting operating costs, which include staffing and utilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It doesn’t appear that these are sustainable strategies because…you’re paying the operation cost on an ongoing basis,” said Henwood, the USC professor. “Those are sort of never-ending costs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even the shift of Measure E funds from affordable housing to shelter will not be enough to completely pay for San José’s interim housing system in the years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A preliminary \u003ca href=\"https://sanjose.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=15167200&GUID=86C22EAB-3F43-40BC-8A68-3C74BE78A74D\">budget forecast\u003c/a>, presented to the council last week, found the interim housing system would need an infusion of $17 million in the upcoming fiscal year from the general fund — increasing to $58 million in 2029-30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Required General Fund Contribution to Interim Housing ($ Millions)\" aria-label=\"Line chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-t1P8M\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/t1P8M/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"450\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is already \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071569/matt-mahan-is-running-for-governor-what-does-that-mean-for-san-jose\">facing a budget shortfall\u003c/a> of roughly $55 million to $65 million in the coming year, so maintaining the interim housing system could force difficult spending trade-offs with other city services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The city obviously took kind of a big bet making these investments to so dramatically expand our shelter capacity, and knowing that those do come with longer-term operational costs,” Tordillos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Tordillos said, the city will need to pivot into “optimization mode,” by finding ways to drive down the costs of on-site services — and finding financial help from other levels of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Not respecting the taxpayers’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Federal funding for the interim housing program has dried up, and support from the state (which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11975319/newsom-reneges-on-sending-san-jose-tiny-homes-for-the-unhoused\">chipped in millions\u003c/a> for projects including Cerone) has declined.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state budget approved last year by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom appropriated no new flexible homeless dollars (known as the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2026/01/homelessness-funding-2026/\">Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention\u003c/a> — HHAP — program) for cities and counties in 2025-26 — a drop from the $1 billion approved in the previous budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make up those costs, Mahan has turned to Santa Clara County, arguing in part that the city’s reduction in unsheltered homelessness is saving the county money by reducing the number of visits unhoused people make to the emergency room and jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072535\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_014-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_014-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_014-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_014-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The interior of a finished tiny home is seen through an open doorway at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. Each unit includes a bed, storage space and basic furnishings for residents transitioning out of homelessness. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But county leaders have been among the sharpest critics of Mahan’s shelter-focused approach. They already fund more than 2,000 shelter placements of their own and have long prioritized funding permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know that as a policymaker, I’ve ever proposed a program, a service, that I expected another entity to support,” Supervisor Sylvia Arenas said. “Collaboration does actually make sense, but that means that you meet…and you talk about what you’re building together and have the same objective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know that we have the same objective,” Arenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former San José council member, Arenas said she had longstanding concerns about continuing to expand the interim housing system without a stable funding source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think to build tiny homes, and then you forget, oh, we needed to also put in some money to operate all of these tiny homes, is not respecting the taxpayers,” she said. “And also not being true to what you’re actually providing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accountability without resources\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042370/in-san-jose-a-controversial-choice-for-unhoused-shelter-or-arrest\">harsh rhetoric between\u003c/a> members of the council and board of supervisors last year — which nearly resulted in a rare joint meeting to hash out their differences in public — the city-county relationship over interim housing appears to be thawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Mahan endorsed a county-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058418/santa-clara-county-sales-tax-measure-a-pitched-to-offset-deep-medicaid-cuts-measure-a\">ballot measure\u003c/a> to raise the sales tax, and county leaders committed to sending health workers to bring medical services directly to residents at tiny home sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan insists that city general fund spending on temporary housing should be on the table, given the priority residents have placed on reducing street homelessness.[aside postID=news_12071306 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/01/250312-MATT-MAHAN-ON-PB-MD-02-KQED-1.jpg']“That’s the nightmare scenario, but we have to plan for that,” he said. “So [if] federal, state and county all pull back and choose not to invest in things that are working, we can sustain the system we have, though that is far from ideal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As mayor, Mahan faces the same challenge as many big-city leaders across the state, said Darrell Steinberg, the former mayor of Sacramento and president pro tem of the state Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the number one thing for a big-city mayor in California is that, aside from the HHAP funding, you have all the accountability but not the bulk of the resources,” Steinberg said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Mahan, the mayor, can’t secure money for the tiny homes now, he may be betting that Mahan, the governor, will be the program’s chief benefactor in the future, able to direct state resources toward the system he helped build in San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Miguel Torres has dreams of something more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting on a picnic table outside of his unit at Rue Ferrari, Torres said he feels like a weight has been lifted off his shoulders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ever since I got a spot, a roof over my head, I ain’t got to worry about being in the street or anything,” he said. “So I’m focusing on a career, on a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s hoping his tiny home will be a launching pad for the future he is already starting to envision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just a regular little house, you know,” he said. “I got kids, so hopefully I could bring them in with me too — that’s pretty much my goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter building boom is sunsetting just as a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12071841/can-a-centrist-democrat-win-the-governors-race\">new chapter\u003c/a> in Mahan’s political career begins. At the Cerone opening, the mayor’s usual cadre of city staff were joined by new faces: members of a campaign team guiding Mahan’s run for governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that campaign, Mahan will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12070167/governors-race-takes-shape-as-bonta-opts-out-mahan-weighs-run\">likely tout his ability\u003c/a> to take on the state’s most vexing problems by pointing to his experience as mayor. The tiny homes, converted motels and RV parking lots that together make up San José’s Emergency Interim Housing system stand as the visual embodiment of Mahan’s tenure — the fruit of multiple \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042688/mahan-unveils-final-san-jose-budget-plan\">budget fights\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949797/in-controversial-plan-san-jose-mayor-seeks-to-use-homelessness-dollars-to-build-more-temporary-shelters-instead-of-permanent-housing\">political clashes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Mahan and his supporters, the interim housing network is pragmatism in practice — an example of the type of “bias for action” prized in Silicon Valley that has delivered quick results on voters’ top issue. For critics, the tiny homes are monuments to political expediency, with a growing price tag that could weigh on the city’s books long after Mahan leaves office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072537\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_024-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan addresses reporters and city leaders at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“San José set a goal to create a lot more shelter units, and they’ve done it,” said Jennifer Loving, CEO of Destination: Home, a housing nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the city’s new shelter focus has only solved “part of the problem,” Loving said. “Because obviously people can’t live in those places forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The interim housing sites have filled up just as quickly as they have opened, offering residents a more comfortable alternative to traditional congregate shelters. And on Mahan’s most prized metric, reducing unsheltered homelessness, the tiny homes appear to be delivering: last year’s point-in-time count found the number of people sleeping outdoors had \u003ca href=\"https://osh.santaclaracounty.gov/data-and-reports/point-time-count\">dropped by 10%\u003c/a> since January 2023, when Mahan took office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as this phase of the tiny home buildout winds down, nearly 4,000 people are still without shelter in San José — and the system’s future is uncertain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072536\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_022-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">HomeFirst CEO Rene Ramirez speaks during a news conference at the grand opening of the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Mahan and the council have committed to operate the shelter system in perpetuity, with no guarantee of ongoing funding help from the county, state or federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim housing costs are outstripping the city’s dedicated homeless fund, and by 2029, the shelters could require an infusion of nearly $60 million from the city’s general fund, which pays for basic services like police and fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have leaned out in a big way in — some would say — taking a risk on going it alone and building out a system that is very expensive,” Mahan said. “The fact that we did that, though, and have shown that it’s working, I think has shown that we are committed to ending this crisis and has actually built the social and political capital to get others to the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A funding reversal\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In 2023, the South Bay ranked last among large California Continuums of Care (HUD-designated regional homeless planning bodies) in shelter capacity, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/taking-stock-of-californias-capacity-to-house-its-homeless-population/\">an analysis\u003c/a> by the Public Policy Institute of California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San José, Santa Clara City and County Continuum of Care had 29 shelter beds per 100 people experiencing homelessness — well behind San Diego (61.1 beds per 100 homeless individuals), San Francisco (50.9), Riverside (40) and Los Angeles (34.9).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan won \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11932432/cindy-chavez-concedes-race-for-san-jose-mayor-to-matt-mahan\">an upset victory\u003c/a> in the 2022 mayoral election on a vow to reduce unsheltered homelessness. But city funding was largely dedicated to building affordable apartments that offer a permanent path off the streets — though they typically take longer to build.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072533\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_001-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Outdoor common areas and walkways are shown at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. The site will include shared seating, shaded areas and support facilities for future residents. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To engineer San José’s shift toward a shelter-focused strategy, Mahan eyed a pot of money created by voters in a 2020 ballot initiative, Measure E. The tax on high-value real estate sales raises around $50 million to $60 million a year — roughly 75% of which is dedicated to building permanent affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his first year as mayor, a council majority \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11952913/san-jose-council-approves-modest-shift-toward-temporary-homeless-housing\">rejected Mahan’s proposal\u003c/a> to redirect a larger share of the Measure E revenue toward interim housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But over the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989926/san-jose-council-approves-budget-with-historic-shift-in-unhoused-spending\">next two years\u003c/a>, Mahan evinced a political savvy in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026437/san-jose-mayor-proposes-permanent-shift-homeless-funding-from-housing-shelter\">spearheading the reversal\u003c/a> in city homeless funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lacking the executive power of other big-city mayors, he \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11979482/san-jose-mayor-matt-mahan-calls-for-urgent-action-on-homelessness-in-city-budget-plan\">trumpeted warnings\u003c/a> that the city could face fines for its lack of shelter; urged his colleagues to continue approving new shelter construction (adding pressure to find revenue to support the costs); and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024327/san-jose-council-taps-engineering-executive-carl-salas-vacant-seat\">built a roster of allies\u003c/a> on the council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, the council \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043418/san-jose-council-approves-mahans-shelter-enforcement-plan\">voted to permanently dedicate\u003c/a> 90% of the homeless fund toward shelter, with the remaining 10% earmarked for homeless prevention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The funding reversal was complete, and construction of tiny home villages continued apace — in Downtown, Berryessa and South San José. Neighborhood opposition, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942734/emergency-calls-complaints-are-down-near-san-joses-temporary-housing-sites-so-why-are-they-still-so-politically-risky\">once threatened to derail\u003c/a> the program, began to soften.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the beginning of Mahan’s tenure, the city was operating seven interim housing facilities. Now there are 23 — a mix of individual room projects such as Cerone, modular studio apartments, converted motel rooms and parking lots for lived-in vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Investments ‘started to bear fruit’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>By the beginning of 2025, the South Bay had already caught up to the shelter capacity of other large California jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>HUD has not yet released point-in-time counts of people experiencing homelessness in 2025 or the annual Housing Inventory Count of shelter. 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His bed is covered with a San Francisco 49ers blanket, and a TV and speakers sit at the foot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Earlier today I was shaving, cutting my hair, and I had the music bumping — not too loud, respect the neighbors — but, ah man, you can’t complain, dude,” Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A growing price tag\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Thousands of new shelter beds, with high rates of usage, have contributed to a decline in the number of people sleeping outdoors in San José — from 4,411 in January 2023 to 3,959 in January 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A countywide financial assistance program also helped — \u003ca href=\"https://news.nd.edu/news/targeted-prevention-helps-stop-homelessness-before-it-starts/\">Notre Dame researchers\u003c/a> credited it with dramatically reducing the number of people becoming homeless in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The investments that the city has been making have really started to bear fruit,” said Anthony Tordillos, a city council member representing downtown. “By bringing that additional capacity online, the city’s been successful in actually being able to move people from the streets and get them into more secure housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12072534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12072534\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/020526SJ-TINY-HOMES_GH_013-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rows of newly installed tiny homes line a pedestrian walkway at the Cerone Interim Housing Community on Feb. 5, 2026, in San José. 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Each unit includes a bed, storage space and basic furnishings for residents transitioning out of homelessness. \u003ccite>(Gustavo Hernandez/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But county leaders have been among the sharpest critics of Mahan’s shelter-focused approach. They already fund more than 2,000 shelter placements of their own and have long prioritized funding permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know that as a policymaker, I’ve ever proposed a program, a service, that I expected another entity to support,” Supervisor Sylvia Arenas said. “Collaboration does actually make sense, but that means that you meet…and you talk about what you’re building together and have the same objective.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know that we have the same objective,” Arenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former San José council member, Arenas said she had longstanding concerns about continuing to expand the interim housing system without a stable funding source.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think to build tiny homes, and then you forget, oh, we needed to also put in some money to operate all of these tiny homes, is not respecting the taxpayers,” she said. “And also not being true to what you’re actually providing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Accountability without resources\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Despite \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042370/in-san-jose-a-controversial-choice-for-unhoused-shelter-or-arrest\">harsh rhetoric between\u003c/a> members of the council and board of supervisors last year — which nearly resulted in a rare joint meeting to hash out their differences in public — the city-county relationship over interim housing appears to be thawing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Mahan endorsed a county-led \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12058418/santa-clara-county-sales-tax-measure-a-pitched-to-offset-deep-medicaid-cuts-measure-a\">ballot measure\u003c/a> to raise the sales tax, and county leaders committed to sending health workers to bring medical services directly to residents at tiny home sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mahan insists that city general fund spending on temporary housing should be on the table, given the priority residents have placed on reducing street homelessness.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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His sentencing is scheduled for April 27.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman was initially facing three state charges from Santa Clara County prosecutors for his actions, including felony arson and vandalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But his case was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049354/richard-tillman-used-fireplace-logs-to-ignite-san-jose-post-office-prosecutors-say\">suspended\u003c/a> by a judge so doctors could evaluate his competency to stand trial. At that hearing, Tillman made multiple outbursts, questioned the ability of his own county public defender, and said he would prove his competence “whenever you like.”[aside postID=news_12053558 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/07/SanJosePostOfficeFireTwitter.jpg']Later, after a federal indictment for the same incident was filed against Tillman, local prosecutors \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12053558/santa-clara-county-da-drops-arson-case-against-richard-tillman-as-federal-case-continues\">dismissed\u003c/a> their case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tillman’s brother, former NFL player Pat Tillman Jr., was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 when members of his U.S. platoon fired on him and an Afghan militia member, mistaking them for enemy fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. government subsequently attempted to cover up the truth about the killing, including by instructing an officer to lie to the soldier’s family about the circumstances of his death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, Richard Tillman told ESPN he didn’t believe the story that the military told of his older brother’s death.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent years, Richard Tillman often \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12049042/pat-tillmans-brother-arrested-in-san-jose-post-office-fire-had-alarming-posts-online\">livestreamed\u003c/a> on his YouTube account from behind the wheel of a parked car. 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And I heard this from Benjamin Henwood, who leads the Homelessness Policy Research Institute at USC, is that these shelter systems, once they’re built, can really be costly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Benjamin Henwood \u003c/strong>[00:13:47] I think the question becomes, are we designing a shelter system to sort of permanently manage a homelessness problem?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:55] If you think about an affordable housing project, the people who are living there are contributing some portion of the rent, or maybe if they’re unable to, they’re having a federal voucher that’s gonna pay for some portion the rent. So the operators of those apartments are getting some kind of revenue. When you look at a shelter or a tiny home, no one is paying anything who’s staying there. So there’s really no revenue that’s coming in to support this, yet the city has committed itself. To pay these operating costs year after year after year. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Mahan \u003c/strong>[00:00:05] Thank you all for being here today in North San Jose. San Jose’s District 4…\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:11] Last week, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 200-bed, tiny home community for the city’s unhoused residents. It’s going to be the city 23rd temporary housing site, way up from the seven that were there when Mahan first took office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Mahan \u003c/strong>[00:00:33] When I ran, I promised that we would change our approach to homelessness, that we would get more people indoors faster, that we would stop letting the perfect be the enemy of the good because it was costing us lives, threatening the livelihoods of our small business owners, and worsening quality of life for all of us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:00:55] Mahan turned San Jose’s approach to homelessness upside down when he shifted the city’s focus on building permanent affordable housing to quick interim shelter instead. Now, Mahan wants to be California’s governor and he’s pointing to his track record on homelessness as a success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:01:20] I do think if you’re looking at him as a politician based on his time in San Jose, this tiny home program really is a good place to look because this has been really his signature initiative during his time at office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:33] Today, I sit down with KQED politics and government correspondent Guy Marzorati to unpack Mayor Matt Mahan’s signature homelessness program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:50] All right, Guy. So I understand you went to a ribbon cutting ceremony for a tiny home in San Jose yesterday. Can you tell me a little bit about this ceremony you went to?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:01] Yeah, so this was the ribbon cutting for a tiny home community that opened in North San Jose at the Cerone VTA Yard. This is a dirt parcel that’s owned by the Valley Transportation Authority that they’re leasing to San Jose to build a 200-bed tiny home community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Mahan \u003c/strong>[00:02:23] Even though we’ve all been together at grand openings like this many times before, this site is very special. It’s also the first site I fought hard for after becoming mayor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:02:37] This was a notable ribbon cutting because it marked the last tiny home project in the city’s pipeline. This has been a huge initiative under the current mayor, Matt Mahan and the city council, and the opening of this tiny home community at the Cerone VTA yard was a milestone in that effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Mahan \u003c/strong>[00:02:59] This phase of shelter expansion may be over for now, but our fight to end unsheltered homelessness continues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:09] The city has basically reached the end of the line as far as the new tiny homes and shelters that they can fund. Mahan has said they just don’t have enough money to continue building this system out. And he’s described it now as a time to optimize these beds that they do have in order to meet the need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:03:27] I’m curious what these tiny homes actually looked like. Can you describe them for me?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:03:32] Yeah, so in the case of this new facility in North San Jose, they’re basically just single rooms with a door that locks on top of what looked like large metal risers. So you can almost think of like really large shipping containers on top of these metal riser with individual rooms and then on site different facilities for laundry, communal kitchen, places for staff to work for supportive services to either connect them with medical services they might need. To try to find them housing placements in the future. There’s often also county health workers that will come visit on site as well. Sometimes they’ll also have help with any like pet needs because people are allowed to bring their pets as well, it’s a lot of those kind of like supportive services that are available on site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:04:18] What is it actually like for folks living in one of these interim housing sites?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:04:26] You know, I think for the folks that I’ve talked to that are staying in the interim housing communities, I think it’s two things. On one hand, many of the people I talked to and including this man named Miguel Torres who lives at the Rue Ferrari interim housing complex, it’s a lot better than what they had thought of traditionally as shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miguel Torres \u003c/strong>[00:04:47] Here it’s like peaceful, you get your own room. You know, for me, because I get like a little anxiety, it’s perfect for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:04:54] These you know images of congregate shelter where people in large facilities and bunk beds and there’s no privacy and there are often cases of abuse or crime. This is something very different. This offers a level of privacy and as Miguel described it just like a way to kind of breathe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miguel Torres \u003c/strong>[00:05:14] I don’t have to worry about being in the street or anything. So I’m focusing on a career, on a job, trying to just move forward, you know, be independent and get my own spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:21] He’d only moved in a little while ago, but he already had it decked out with, you know, 49er blankets everywhere and he had his speaker system set up. He was able to make the place his own. At the same time, he said, like, this is not my ultimate dream for myself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:05:39] What’s your dream for your own, like, spot?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Miguel Torres \u003c/strong>[00:05:42] Oh man, if I told you…a big house, cars, boat, motorcycle, you don’t know. No – just a regular little house, you know, I got kids so hopefully I can bring them in with me too. That’s pretty much my goal, just to get a stable job, you know, affordable housing and my kids with me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:04] What is supposed to happen to folks who stay in these tiny homes? 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But the goal of the program overall is to get people off of the streets so they’re not sleeping in tents or along river beds and move them towards a more permanent form of housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:57] And you mentioned, Guy, that this project was sort of the last phase of this sort of broader effort by Mayor Matt Mahan to address homelessness by really focusing on interim housing. Can you remind us a little bit how different that focus on interim housing is from San approaches to homelessness in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:07:23] Yeah, that’s a great question, because when Mahan took office at the beginning of 2023, San Jose, Santa Clara, the South Bay, writ large, public officials were really focused on ending homelessness largely through spending money to build permanent affordable housing. Every year Mahan has been mayor, he’s put forward these plans where he wants to spend more and more of dedicated city homelessness dollars towards shelter. First time he proposed it was the first year he was mayor, it got rejected. He came back the next year, got more money towards shelter, and then it got to a point where last year, where the city council voted to basically spend all of this dedicated homeless money, 90% of it, towards interim housing and shelter. So. It’s gone from when he took office, 90% of this money was on affordable housing, now 90% on shelter. This is now a really robust system of more than 2,100 beds across the city. It’s been a complete turnaround in the way in which local government, and specifically in San Jose, has tried to reduce homelessness, and it has not been without controversy because we’ve seen, again and again, funding fights over whether to use city dollars towards shelter. Or whether to use it towards more permanent affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:41] And obviously, the goal for someone like Mahan is to very quickly get people off of streets to sort of end that visible form of homelessness. So Guy, it’s been three years since Mahan took office. I mean, how’s it going?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:08:59] Yeah, I mean, I think when you look at the tiny home program mayhem would point to unsheltered homelessness being down 10% in San Jose since he took office and that being the North Star of success for why the shelter build out is working. That being said, it is still early and I think there are some open questions about this initiative going forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:26] While visible forms of homelessness have gone down during Mahan’s time as mayor, experts have argued you can’t solve homelessness for good without permanent, affordable housing. It remains to be seen how many people living in these temporary shelters actually move into something more permanent. And that could all depend on whether the city can even continue paying to keep these tiny homes open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:10:04] This interim housing system is still not completely funded in the years to come, the operating costs. There was a budget report that came out from the city last week that found this system is about $17 million short in the coming budget year. It’s gonna need $30 million. The following year, it’s gonna need $58 million by 2029. Now, Mahan argues the city can get the cost down at these sites, they can optimize services. Or money will come from the state government or from the county government but if it doesn’t that money to keep these tiny homes operating will come from the city general fund and that’s what pays for all the rest of the basic services of the city like police, like fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:10:48] Yeah, that is so interesting. And I wonder what the conversations within local government have been around this. That is such a shift in the region’s approach to homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:01] Yeah, it’s certainly not been without controversy. I think at the city level, Mahan and the city council got to a point where they had committed themselves to building out this system. Once that became the case, they were stuck looking for, okay, we need to find a way to pay for it. And this Measure E money, this money that’s raised every year through attacks on real estate transactions, that became pot they were looking for to build out this shelter system. There have been a lot of criticism of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sylvia Arenas \u003c/strong>[00:11:28] I think to build tiny homes and then you forget, oh, we needed to also put in some money to operate is not respecting the taxpayers and also not being true to what you’re actually providing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:11:42] And I talked to supervisor Sylvia Arenas who said she honestly felt like it was a mistake or perhaps irresponsible to build out a system without a clear way of paying for it in the years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sylvia Arenas \u003c/strong>[00:11:55] Are operating costs of interim housing, like those costs were going to outrun the revenue that we were receiving. 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And so unless we are going to feed the pipeline and the pipeline at the end of this is more affordable housing, we’re just creating more places for people to live, not interim, but for a longer period of time. So the question is, is this really interim or is this more permanent housing for folks who are unhoused?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:12] Yeah, it sounds like Matt Mahan is sort of celebrating the media and stuff, but it does sound like there might be some sort of long-term impacts that we have yet to see in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:27] Yeah, and I think this is, you know, experts that I’ve talked about with this, about building out shelter systems. And I heard this from Benjamin Henwood, who leads the Homelessness Policy Research Institute at USC, is that these shelter systems, once they’re built, can really be costly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Benjamin Henwood \u003c/strong>[00:13:47] I think the question becomes, are we designing a shelter system to sort of permanently manage a homelessness problem?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Guy Marzorati \u003c/strong>[00:13:55] If you think about an affordable housing project, the people who are living there are contributing some portion of the rent, or maybe if they’re unable to, they’re having a federal voucher that’s gonna pay for some portion the rent. So the operators of those apartments are getting some kind of revenue. When you look at a shelter or a tiny home, no one is paying anything who’s staying there. So there’s really no revenue that’s coming in to support this, yet the city has committed itself. To pay these operating costs year after year after year. 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