SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — City leaders said San Jose’s “last large encampment” will be dismantled and cleared away by mid-April. The sprawling encampment, nicknamed “The Jungle,” is on a city-owned parcel of land near the intersection of Story and Senter roads in Coyote Meadows.
On Wednesday, city staff members began notifying about 100 people who are currently living in the encampment that The Jungle will be cleared starting on April 15.
“Noticing includes in-person outreach on site, where interim housing will be offered, as well as the distribution of written materials in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese,” the mayor’s office wrote.
Mayor Matt Mahan said, “Over the last three years, we’ve expanded shelter and interim housing faster than any other city on the West Coast. That work has allowed us to decommission our largest encampments so that we can restore public spaces for community use and connect people to the services they need to return to self-sufficiency.”
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“Clearing Coyote Meadows is about balancing compassion with responsibility,” said City Manager Jennifer Maguire. “For the next several weeks, our teams will be on site every day offering shelter, services, and support to help people move indoors, while also beginning the work to restore this important area along Coyote Creek.”
City leaders said demolishing the encampment will protect public spaces and the creek, as well as strengthen San Jose’s “health, safety, and beauty” for everyone.
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San Jose will declare the area as a “no encampment zone.”
The recent opening of the Cerone Interim Housing site created additional interim housing capacity, allowing for placements for those forced out of the encampment.
Last fall, hundreds of homeless people were moved out of Columbus Park. Crews razed encampments, removed 200,000 pounds of trash, and towed 78 vehicles from the park.
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