San Jose mayor wants safe sleeping sites for homeless residents

San Jose officials are set to give hundreds of homeless residents designated places to sleep outside without the fear of being swept. The San Jose City Council on Tuesday will weigh signing off on nine safe sleeping sites for the city’s most vulnerable residents, most notably the estimated 500 people living along the waterways who...

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