Joyce Chu
Homelessness and Equity Reporter at San José Spotlight
Homelessness and Equity Reporter @SJSpotlight. Prev social justice investigative reporter @USAToday. 2022 Outstanding Journalist of the Year @va_press_assoc.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Joyce Chu |San Jose Spotlight
SAN JOSE IS BREAKING GROUND on its first sanctioned homeless encampment, which will allow 56 people to sleep in tents without fear of being swept this summer. The vacant lot at 1157 E. Taylor St. will serve as a navigation center, where participants will be given three daily meals and have access to showers, laundry facilities and case management.
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1 week ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Joyce Chu
Homes for people struggling with mental illness or recovering from substance use have long flown under Santa Clara County’s radar with substandard conditions and little to no accountability. The county is attempting to right some of those wrongs, starting with a grant to help landlords make much needed repairs to improve residents’ living conditions. Last year, the county set aside $2 million for repairs at independent living homes, funded through a Behavioral Health Bridge Housing grant.
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1 week ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Joyce Chu
San Jose is breaking ground on its first sanctioned homeless encampment, which will allow 56 people to sleep in tents without fear of being swept this summer. The vacant lot at 1157 E. Taylor St. will serve as a navigation center, where participants will be given three daily meals and have access to showers, laundry facilities and case management.
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1 week ago |
localnewsmatters.org | Joyce Chu |San Jose Spotlight
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS are the backbone to a healthy society, providing loans for small businesses, disaster recovery, low-income families, immigrant communities and affordable housing developments. That essential service is now in danger. President Donald Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI) last month put a target on these institutions and brought to surface the role they play.
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1 week ago |
sanjosespotlight.com | Joyce Chu
San Jose wants to transform a dilapidated park — home to one of the largest camps of unhoused residents in the city — into a family-friendly area for sports activities. San Jose has spent the last few years planning to revitalize Columbus Park, located at Asbury and Irene streets. The new 9.4-acre park design will feature synthetic soccer fields, courts for horseshoe, futsal, basketball and pickleball, picnic areas and a play area for children. It’s estimated to cost $24 million.
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RT @morytmilo: There aren't enough temporary shelters in San Jose to house the more than 5,500 homeless, but the mayor wants to arrest peop…
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is proposing a policy that penalizes homeless people for refusing shelter. Once new shelter becomes available, those who refuse shelter on the third attempt will face trespassing violations up to an arrest. @SJSpotlight https://t.co/8mqCY7XSmD