The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved several measures that they say will create more affordable housing for residents. In addition, they adopted a resolution declaring the county’s commitment to ending homelessness for youth and young adults over the next five years.

The board gave its support June 28 for three new projects that will add 1,000 family units of affordable housing. They include 332 units in San Jose, Morgan Hill, and Sunnyvale that will help families with children but also people with special needs, agricultural workers, and other low-income residents, the county said. Funds for the projects will come from $29 million from 2016’s Measure A Affordable Housing Bond, as well as No Place Like Home monies.

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.