Governor’s race: Would Mayor Matt Mahan’s homelessness approach work statewide?

IF SAN JOSE MAYOR MATT MAHAN becomes California’s next governor, policy experts say some homeless solutions he has implemented in Silicon Valley’s largest city could work — but others may fall flat.

Mahan has scaled up production of tiny homes, more than doubling the number of beds it operates last year to get people off the streets. He’s advocated for more state funding to address homelessness and called on Santa Clara County to increase its share of services. He’s upped encampment sweeps and slashed red tape in shelter production by declaring a homelessness crisis, and wants that to happen statewide. And he’s indicated he’s going to protect and expand federal Section 8 housing vouchers — though how he intends to do so is unclear.