SAN JOSE PLANS to decommission its only sanctioned tent homeless encampment months after it opened.
The Taylor Street Navigation Hub is scheduled to close by next January as San Jose grapples with its $50 million deficit. The move comes as a shock to homeless advocates, as San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan threw his weight behind the site, rallied to get community support and hosted meetings to assuage concerned neighbors. The safe sleeping site, which is managed by nonprofit HomeFirst, took four months to construct, $2.6 million to build and $2.4 million a year to operate.
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