New York Times: San Jose Considers Arresting Homeless People Who Refuse Housing
If you support requiring homeless neighbors to come indoors if shelter is available, sign the Responsibility to Shelter petition now: The mayor of the Silicon Valley city has proposed arresting people who don’t accept offers of shelter. It’s the latest sign of frustrations over tent encampments in California. By: Soumya Karlamangla Not far from the […]
RAND Report: The High Cost of Producing Multifamily Housing in California
About this Report This report presents analyses of a large sample of data on production costs for both privately funded, market-rate apartments and publicly subsidized affordable apartments in three states: California, Colorado, and Texas. The goal of the study is to document production cost differences between these states and across regions within these states and […]
SF Standard: Politicians need performance-based pay. I’ll go first
By: Matt Mahan San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan writes that raises aren’t guaranteed in the private sector — and shouldn’t be in the public sector. If we want better government, we need to be able to measure success — and reward it. That’s why I proposed — and our San Jose City Council just took the […]
Mercury News: Mahan: San Jose homeless have a responsibility to the community, too
By: Matt Mahan City should embrace enforcement as a necessary tool for achieving our goal of moving everyone indoors In the next year, San Jose will bring online over 1,000 new quick-build housing units and shelter beds for the homeless. The taxpayers of San Jose are meeting their responsibility to our unhoused neighbors. It’s time […]
Backyard cottages to the rescue: A small solution to a big housing problem
ADUs can house people who lost homes to wildfires and create more affordable housing for people all over California. It’s time to build. By: Matt Mahan This article was originally published in the San Francisco Standard. The fires in Los Angeles have been mostly contained, but the housing crisis exacerbated by their flames is only growing […]