Bowing to opposition, SJ scraps plan to sell tiny home site to county to house mentally ill

AFTER ANGRY COMMUNITY protests, San Jose officials are scrapping plans to sell Santa Clara County a tiny homes site to house incarcerated people with mental health issues on the south side of the city.

Councilmember Arjun Batra, who has vowed to stop the sale, confirmed to San José Spotlight that the city will put the brakes on the county’s proposed purchase of the city’s Monterey/Bernal tiny homes site at 6066 Monterey Road for a jail diversion program for those needing mental health services. However, the city may still move forward with its sale to the county of 1072 and 1082 Vermont St., which it uses as temporary housing for homeless residents.