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Silicon Valley Balances Stopgaps, Real Solutions to Homelessness
Phil Mastrocola (left), an outreach worker for San Jose’s Grace Baptist Church, debates how best to help the homeless with…
Facing additional threats, San Jose homeless women often stay hidden from safety net
SAN JOSE — After her son became ill, Stephanie Castaneda found herself living on the streets and calling the railroad…
COULD THIS SILICON VALLEY ALGORITHM PICK WHICH HOMELESS PEOPLE GET HOUSING?
Like San Francisco, Silicon Valley is known for the glaring divide between its tech-fueled affluence and its persistent homelessness problem….
Palantir, UCSF partner with Santa Clara County on homelessness breakthrough
In the birthplace of the lean startup philosophy, Santa Clara County is thinking differently about its approach to combating homelessness….
Mass Eviction—San Jose’s Largest—to Displace 670 People:
Growing up in New Orleans, where roof-stripping squalls are a matter of course, Tyrone Lockett learned how the force of nature could render anyone…
Radio: Searching for shelter in Silicon Valley
Listen to the program or read a transcript below. Though it may not always make the headlines, Santa Clara…
Radio – KQED: The Politics of Homelessness
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County to Place $950 Million Housing Bond on Fall Ballot
Santa Clara County voters will decide the fate of a $950 million affordable housing bond this November. The Board of…
San Jose council OKs controversial homeless housing project:
SAN JOSE — A little girl stood before the council in a purple T-shirt and told the city’s elected leaders…