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 25, 2018 San Jose’s D7 Council Incumbent Tam Nguyen Faces Familiar Challenger in Maya Esparza By Julia Baum The rematch between Tam Nguyen and Maya Esparza could pave the path for how the city tackles its most pressing issues in coming years. Read More 9
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 4, 2018 Op-Ed: Homeless People Should be Housed, Not Warehoused By Andrea Urton This new practice at HomeFirst will ultimately raise the sense of personal safety and introduce hope as a common practice. Read More 17
October 3, 2018 Op-Ed: Are We Serious About Ending Homelessness—or Pushing Out Homeless People? By Shaunn Cartwright San Jose, a city with a million residents and 4,000 people living on the streets, no longer has a 24-hour emergency homeless. Read More 3
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 24, 2018 Santa Clara County Wants a Closer Look at Sheriff Laurie Smith’s Overtime Spending By Jennifer Wadsworth The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has far exceeded its overtime budget in the past six years, according to a newly published audit. Read More 11
September 22, 2018 GOP Congressional Contender Ron Cohen Waxes Conspiratorial About Obama Family on Twitter By Jennifer Wadsworth For someone whose Twitter bio claims he rarely tweets because the platform is “too manipulated,” Ron Cohen was quite prolific this week. Read More 11
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 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
September 17, 2018 San Jose Weighs Resolution Condemning President Trump’s Family Separation Policy By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose will consider a resolution Tuesday denouncing the Trump administration’s separation of families at the U.S. border. Read More 3
September 10, 2018 ‘Hope Village’ for the Homeless Served with Eviction Notice Two Days After Setting Up Camp By Jennifer Wadsworth Hope Village was meant as an emergency shelter for for homeless people, but police are shutting it down just two days after it opened. Read More 40
September 10, 2018 Proposed Carve-Out of Homeless Housing Bond Meets Resistance from Silicon Valley Nonprofits By Jennifer Wadsworth The county will consider setting aside 5 percent of a homeless housing bond for developmentally disabled people who are already housed. Read More 6
September 4, 2018 Water District Allocates $1.4 Million to Clear Creekside Homeless Encampments By Jaqueline McCool 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. Read More 10
March 19, 2018 Op-Ed: County Should Make Sunnyvale Shelter Year-Round By Guest Columnist If the Sunnyvale shelter closed, it would not only be a disservice to the people who stay there, but to the community at large as well. Read More 6
March 12, 2018 San Jose Mayor’s Draft Budget Calls for $15Mil Rainy-Day Fund By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo rolled out a spending plan that would plunk $15.5 million into a rainy-day fund to brace for future deficits. Read More 3