"We need to preserve our progress," Mahan told The Mercury News. "We should be offering basic, dignified shelter to folks and repeatedly do outreach and offer it..."
San Jose officials have estimated that 88% of pollution comes from more than a thousand people living in homeless encampments along waterways.
As part of the requirements to maintain its stormwater permits and comply with the Clean Water Act, San Jose has targeted the cleanup and banning of encampments along 12 miles of its 140 mile-plus waterway system.
With the financial resources to clean up its waterways, the city also has committed to increasing interim housing solutions like tiny homes and safe parking sites.
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