SAN JOSE OFFICIALS are being challenged by a formerly homeless resident to stay in a shelter before voting to open more — and one is up for the offer.
Sketch Oppie, who sits on the San Jose’s Housing and Community Development Commission, recently asked the City Council to experience what a homeless shelter is like before diverting funds for affordable housing to short-term shelters. Oppie believes the dollars should remain for affordable housing because temporary shelters are only one part of the solution.
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