Out of house and home: San Jose location for short-term shelter project could fall through

A CONTROVERSIAL PLAN to house homeless people on vacant VTA land in North San Jose could fall flat as officials consider other options.

The VTA Board of Directors, composed of 12 officials from across Santa Clara County, voted 10-1-1 last week to bring back a draft agreement for San Jose to build 200 homes with state help at the Cerone VTA yard in the north part of the city. The board will also consider analyzing three other locations as alternative building sites. Gilroy Mayor Marie Blankley opposed and county Supervisor Otto Lee was absent.