San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is arguing against Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent order for local jurisdictions to proceed with the clearing of homeless encampments, saying immediate sweeps are the wrong way to deal with them.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is arguing against Gov. Gavin Newsom 's recent order for local jurisdictions to proceed with the clearing of homeless encampments, saying immediate sweeps are the wrong way to deal with them.Mehan released his statement about the executive order on Sunday, noting that he understands Newsom's frustration with sprawling homeless encampments in California's urban centers, but insisting that the homeless have to have options for new living spaces.
'Strategies that just move people along from one neighborhood to the next or give citations instead of housing do not work,' she said in the wake of Newsom's order. Mahan offered a similar rationale for his position. 'Without these solutions, we spend precious taxpayer dollars simply shuffling people from one jurisdiction's land to another's,' he said.
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