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Sunday, September 20, 2026

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Despite Taking Thousands of People Off the Streets, San Jose Sees 42% Jump in Homelessness

San Jose’s homeless population went from 4,350 in 2017 to 6,172 this year. For Santa Clara County, it grew by 31 percent.

Such an emergency facility would provide basic shelter, showers, food, storage of belongings, and should permit animal companions.

With more than 7,300 homeless people in our county, we need people and organizations to work together to reduce this number.

As the city hammers out a spending plan for Measure T, the mayor wants to earmark some of the bond money to fund sustainable buildings.

Authorities on Tuesday arrested a South County transient accused of sexually assaulting a woman who tried to help him.

San Jose expects to have 80 tiny cabins built by next summer to house homeless people until they find a long-term place to stay.

Santa Clara County’s multi-agency All the Way Home campaign has housed 1,237 homeless veterans since 2015, according to a new report.

San Jose cleared homeless people out of their illegal camps this year at more than 11 times the rate it had in 2013, according to a new report.

After years of planning and false starts, San Jose is finally poised to launch a “safe parking” initiative for people living out of their cars.

This new practice at HomeFirst will ultimately raise the sense of personal safety and introduce hope as a common practice.

San Jose, a city with a million residents and 4,000 people living on the streets, no longer has a 24-hour emergency homeless.

Local leaders found a place to relocate Hope Village, an un-permitted homeless camp created by activists and advocates for the un-housed.

Hope Village was meant as an emergency shelter for for homeless people, but police are shutting it down just two days after it opened.

The county will consider setting aside 5 percent of a homeless housing bond for developmentally disabled people who are already housed.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District says it spent $1.4 million this year on 571 cleanups of creekside camps in San Jose and South County.

After months of intense debate, San Jose has proposed three possible sites for tiny homes for the homeless.