Dozens of homeless men and women were removed from their encampments along a four-mile stretch of Coyote Creek in San Jose in an effort that's proving to be controversial.
"I feel like a refugee in my own country," says Cathleen Langan who's lived along the creek off and on for seven years.
The Santa Clara Valley Water District is currently working on a flood control project along the creek which triggered the sweep of encampments in the area. "We have thousands of people living in our streets. And we literally have people dying on the streets," Mayor Mahan said. The mayor is asking the city council to adopt a rapid-response to homelessness, prioritizing emergency shelters and services.
"If we spend the dollars in the same way we always have, we're going to get the same outcomes," he said at a press conference at City Hall. He says getting people like Jaime Navarro into emergency shelter can be extremely beneficial.
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