December 19, 2018 Santa Clara County OK’s $123M for 1,000 New Affordable Homes By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Board of Supervisors authorized $123 million in Measure A funds for hundreds of below-market-rate housing units in six local cities. Read More 7
December 11, 2018 San Jose Unveils ‘Tiny Homes’ Prototype Ahead of Vote on Pilot Homeless Shelter Program By Jennifer Wadsworth 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. Read More 18
December 10, 2018 Redevelopment 2.0: State Sens. Jim Beall, Mike McGuire Push New Affordable Housing Bill By Tom Gogola The two policymakers say their proposal will take an aggressive approach to California’s unprecedented affordable housing crisis. Read More 2
December 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What? By Tom Skinner San Jose has arrived at a fork in the road: we can either tax tech to build homes and transit, or we can recommit to a broken status quo. Read More 36
December 3, 2018 Google Poised to Strike $111 Million Land Deal with San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth It will take years before the tech company realizes its vision for the city’s core. But a key vote this week lays the groundwork. Read More 2
November 12, 2018 Silicon Valley’s ‘All the Way Home’ Campaign Has Housed 1,200-Plus Homeless Veterans By Jennifer Wadsworth Santa Clara County’s multi-agency All the Way Home campaign has housed 1,237 homeless veterans since 2015, according to a new report. Read More 5
November 2, 2018 Letter to the Editor: The Time is Now—Vote Yes on Measure V By Casandra Suarez Innovative thinking and political will must be combined in order to address and eliminate homelessness. Read More 8
October 29, 2018 Op-Ed: Well-Being of Veterans Should Be in Everyone’s Sight By Michael Furlong Veteran’s Day gives us the opportunity to reflect on how we can help former military members right here in our own backyard. Read More 1
October 15, 2018 SJ City Council Poised to Launch ‘Safe Parking’ for the Homeless By Jennifer Wadsworth 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. Read More 13
October 9, 2018 Election 2018: John Cox, Gavin Newsom Disagree About Almost Everything at Their Only Debate By Ben Christopher The two men competing to be the next governor of California met for their first (and, alas, probably only) one-on-one stand-off. Read More 11
October 8, 2018 Election 2018: San Jose Voters to Decide Fate of Four Local Measures on November Ballot By Silicon Valley Newsroom Come Election Day, San Jose voters will vote on four citywide measures. Here’s a look at what local voters will see on their Nov. 6 ballots. Read More 28
October 3, 2018 By the Numbers: San Jose’s Affordable Housing Shortage By Silicon Valley Newsroom The city of a million residents has quite a long ways to go to reach its goal of building 10,000 new affordable homes by 2022. Read More 10
September 25, 2018 Santa Clara County Adopts ‘Hope Village’ as 6-Month Pilot Program By Silicon Valley Newsroom Hope Village, a homeless camp that moved onto state land without permission, has been adopted as a pilot program by Santa Clara County. Read More 2
September 21, 2018 Op-Ed: We Need Housing, Not Parking, at Old City Hall Annex By Julie Matsushima This is an opportunity for the county to save a viable building from demolition and to provide much-needed housing for the homeless. Read More 12
September 20, 2018 San Jose Councilman Don Rocha Misses Vote on Signature Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth Councilman Don Rocha stunned allies and adversaries alike when he skipped a vote Tuesday on a proposal to study commercial impact fees. Read More 3
September 19, 2018 City, County Officials Find Temporary Site for San Jose’s ‘Hope Village’ Homeless Camp By Jennifer Wadsworth Local leaders found a place to relocate Hope Village, an un-permitted homeless camp created by activists and advocates for the un-housed. Read More 9