The proposal was sparked by students at East San Jose high school concerned about their safety
Standing in front of a dozen tarp-covered RVs along Education Park Drive in East San Jose, Mayor Matt Mahan and Councilmember Peter Ortiz proposed new rules on Thursday to prohibit homeless encampments and vehicle dwellings within 150 feet of a school or daycare in the city.
Thursday’s announcement also stood as a moment of bipartisanship among the city council, with the mayor and Ortiz, often at opposite ends of policy debates, agreeing on rules for an issue usually marked by political infighting across the Bay Area. “We have had many break-ins,” said KIPP senior Alfredo Hernandez Jr. in an interview. “We have had athletic vans being stolen and our gas tanks being stolen. But also uniforms being stolen from athletic sheds.”
The proposal drew immediate backlash from the Silicon Valley Law Foundation, an advocacy group that has challenged previous efforts by local governments in court over rules surrounding where homeless residents can reside.
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