A safe parking site for homeless residents in San Jose is so restrictive that no one uses it

SAN JOSE HAS spent years and millions of dollars to open its safe parking site at the Santa Teresa VTA light rail station — but it is practically empty.

The city’s only safe parking site, which opened in July, has 42 spots, but the city is struggling to fill them despite having hundreds of people living in their vehicles. Some councilmembers said it’s because restrictions are too stringent, so they are trying to ease them.