San Jose sweeps homeless encampment near future Microsoft data center property

SAN JOSE IS SWEEPING dozens of RVs and tents off the Alviso-Milpitas Road parallel to Highway 237, leaving the homeless people with no place to go.

Some of the unhoused individuals left once they learned a sweep was imminent, but more than a dozen people with no options remained Monday afternoon. Those with inoperable vehicles were given a 72-hour warning before vehicles were impounded. The encampment, which sits on the Milpitas-San Jose border, is located on the San Jose side next to the future home of a Microsoft data center site. The tech giant purchased the 65-acre site in 2017 for $73 million. It’s protected by a fence.