A new policy that could make it a crime to refuse available shelter multiple times has elicited a wide range of opinions.

Silicon Valley religious leaders say criminalizing homelessness contradicts faith traditions, ignores reality of the crisis ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is taking a hardline approach in his budget plan to get homeless people off the streets. Community ...

Mayor Matt Mahan said too many people are dying on the streets. His proposal would push people into services after they ...

San Jose officials have signed off on the mayor’s plan to reallocate a majority of funding meant for affordable housing and ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has long said he wants elected officials and city leaders to be accountable for eliminating ...

San Jose homeless residents are at risk of being cited or arrested if they’re caught sleeping or sitting on the sidewalk by ...

The mayor of San Jose wants to penalize homeless people who refuse shelter by arresting or hospitalizing them, punting the service-resistant onto Santa Clara County for care.

San Jose has problems with slumlords and now they have problems with vanlords.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proposed making it a crime to refuse shelter three times within 18 months, with the goal of using the court system to push service-resistant homeless individuals into care.

Mahan told San Jose Spotlight the city is developing more than 1,000 beds for homeless residents this year, and is improving the quality of services at those sites so homeless residents stop ...