San Jose mayor calls for new city funding policy on re-encampments on public space

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is calling for his city to redirect existing funds to prevent re-encampment in the Guadalupe River Trail area, in order to preserve the trail for public use, according to a press release this past weekend.  

Last fall the area received $2 million of State Encampment Resolution Funds to relocate unhoused residents into interim housing, close the encampments and reclaim the space for public use. Since then, encampments have reappeared in the area. Mahan wants to redirect existing city funds to prevent further return of encampments.