"San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan hosted several gubernatorial candidates at a tiny home site Friday, in the hopes of showcasing the city's approach to slash homelessness through building temporary housing - and to get their buy in. During a tour of the city's newest tiny home village at Cherry Avenue, Mahan said he's looking for the next California governor to share his outlook in reducing unsheltered homelessness, addressing addiction and reducing crime - but he has yet to find the right candidate."
"According to a recent survey conducted by Inside California Politics and Emerson College Polling, Porter and Rep. Eric Swalwell are the top two Democratic candidates for next year's race for governor. "I think what we need to be doing is getting people who are unsheltered living on the streets into interim housing, and ultimately preventing people from being unsheltered at all," Porter said."
San Jose hosted several gubernatorial candidates at a Cherry Avenue tiny home village to showcase temporary housing as a strategy to reduce unsheltered homelessness. The mayor seeks a governor willing to adopt pragmatic, back-to-basics approaches on public safety, homelessness, addiction, and mental illness. The tiny home village on Valley Water land demonstrates temporary shelter as a rapid method to remove people from streets and highlights the need for more sober living environments. State funding to address homelessness has been zeroed out this year, increasing the city's need for continued state support. Polling places Katie Porter and Eric Swalwell atop the Democratic field.
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