He says given the long timeline before the closure, he doesn’t expect anyone living there to be pushed back onto the street.<\/p>\n
“We are fortunate that as a city, we’ve been able to invest in bringing well over 1,000 beds of new shelter online last fiscal year. So, we have more capacity,” said Tordillos.<\/p>\n
For some time now, San Jose has billed itself as a model on how to tackle homelessness in California.<\/p>\n
MORE: Santa Clara County sees decline in unhoused deaths for second year in a row<\/a><\/p>\n However, several who work in that space think the city council and Mayor Matt Mahan have oversold that narrative.<\/p>\n “Every time we see Mahan’s commercials that he’s running for governor based on solving homelessness, I think everyone who works in homelessness just sort of laughs,” said Shaunn Cartwright, a local homeless advocate.<\/p>\n MORE: Matt Mahan’s race for CA governor largely backed by Silicon Valley tech moguls, billionaires: report<\/a><\/p>\n Cartwright believes if money is the issue, the city can find other ways to cut costs.<\/p>\n “If they’re saying that they need to save money, they can save money on sweeping people. Because sweeping people, that’s where we’re losing all of our money,” said Cartwright.<\/p>\n
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