{"id":2002035,"date":"2023-08-16T01:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-ordinance-seeks-to-ban-homelessness-near-san-jose-schools\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T02:01:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:01:20","slug":"proposed-ordinance-seeks-to-ban-homelessness-near-san-jose-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-ordinance-seeks-to-ban-homelessness-near-san-jose-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"New ordinance aims to prohibit homelessness near San Jose schools."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fproposed-ordinance-seeks-to-ban-homelessness-near-san-jose-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2002035&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>San Jose Mayor Proposes New Ordinance to Address Homeless Encampments Near Schools<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan \u200dand\u2062 others have crafted a new proposed ordinance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venice-residents-warn-la-officials-of-potential-multimillion-dollar-lawsuits-over-homeless-encampments\/\" title=\"Venice Residents Warn LA Officials of Potential Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuits over Homeless Encampments\">address homeless encampments<\/a> near schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The announcement\u2063 was \u200dmade when\u2064 Mr. Mahan, Councilmember\u2064 Peter Ortiz, and two students\u2062 spoke on this issue on Aug.\u200b 3 at KIPP\u2063 San Jose Collegiate High \u2064School. The proposal would <strong>\u201cprohibit encampments and vehicle dwellings from 150 feet within \u2062any licensed preschool, day care, or K-through-12 schools,\u201d<\/strong> Mr. Ortiz said at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">City staff reviewed the proposed ordinance on Aug. 9, and if approved, it will be submitted to the city council in three months.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/newport-beach-bans-homeless-encampments-in-front-of-schools-daycare-centers-5398071\">Newport Beach Bans Homeless Encampments\u2062 in Front of\u200d Schools, Daycare Centers<\/a> &#8211; 7\/13\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/californias-homeless-crisis-getting-worse-after-state-spends-billions-in-an-attempt-to-improve-conditions-5393355\">California&#8217;s Homeless\u2064 Crisis Getting Worse after State Spends Billions in an Attempt\u200c to\u2062 Improve Conditions<\/a> &#8211; 7\/12\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/opinion\/the-post-lockdown-rise-of-homeless-america-5466672\">The Post-Lockdown Rise of Homeless America<\/a> &#8211; 8\/15\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">KIPP students said\u200d they have been followed and even threatened by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">homeless people<\/a> near their school. This has reportedly been an ongoing issue, and students say they don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-no-friends-of-freedom-the-american-spectator-usa-news-and-politicsthe-american-spectator-usa-news-and-politics\/\" title=\"Democrats Are No Friends of Freedom\">feel safe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Kim Vo, \u200dKIPP\u2019s principal, \u2063recalls instances of homeless\u200c residents who have \u200cmade their way onto school grounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[There have been] \u2063 incidents of the unhoused making their way \u200donto the campus during the school day, and break-ins\u2063 captured on the \u2064school\u2019s\u2064 security cameras,\u201d she\u200b said at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She\u2062 added that addressing homelessness on campus has cost the school tens of thousands of dollars and that they\u2019ve had to hire security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">One of the students, senior Fernanda Morales-Soto, said a homeless resident who lived in an RV near her school followed her\u2064 home one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cEarlier last year,\u2064 I was\u200d walking down home from school when I realized I was being followed by an RV resident. I am standing here today, fortunate enough to say that the individual left me alone after walking down a couple [of] blocks. However, the fact I \u2063had to experience this is unacceptable,\u201d she said at the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She rarely walks to school\u200d anymore \u2063and said,\u200c \u201cI have to ensure I\u2019m focusing on my surroundings at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">She said she\u2019s glad about the city\u2019s swift response, and it helps her feel safer walking to school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr. Mahan \u2062sympathized with these students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMany of these students standing behind me this morning \u2026 spoke out because homeless neighbors were\u2063 sleeping on school grounds\u2063 and in school bathrooms. They spoke out because they were finding needles on their lunch tables,\u201d Mr. Mahan said during the event. \u201cOur students should not have to face the ramifications of our\u200d failure on homelessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The city already had a regulation made in 2021 that prohibits tents, built structures, or other belongings that \u2064are constructed or stored, within \u2063150 feet of \u200bschool property. However, Mr.\u200c Mahan said it hasn\u2019t been routinely enforced and called it more of an \u201cinformal guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr.\u200b Mahan has been\u200b clear with his plans to enact no-encampment zones. \u2062But back in April, he said he wouldn\u2019t \u200bdo so until San \u2062Jose had concrete solutions and more housing for\u200d the homeless, according to San Jose Spotlight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Now he believes that change cannot wait, and he is looking to \u2062push these plans forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to create safe places. &#8230; We cannot have a free-for-all on our streets,\u201d Mr. Mahan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThere are a lot \u200bof places to park and camp that don\u2019t have to be right next to a\u200c school,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to give our students that peace of mind of \u2062having even just\u200d a modest buffer around their learning environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Mr. Ortiz noted the seriousness of the situation and the duty he has regarding it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[This is] a serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-ordinance-seeks-to-ban-homelessness-near-san-jose-schools\/\" title=\"New ordinance aims to prohibit homelessness near San Jose schools.\">public safety concern\u2062 affecting<\/a> various schools within the city of San\u200c Jose,\u201d he said. \u200d\u201cThis isn\u2019t a \u2063progressive issue or \u2063a conservative issue. This is an area where we should \u200dall agree. I have youth telling me \u2064about their concerns. \u2026 It\u2019s my job to respond to their\u2064 legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">However, not everyone is fond of the new proposed ordinance, and some view it as the city trying to\u200b criminalize the homeless.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI think this is just more criminalization of\u200d homelessness. They act as if all unhoused people are criminals,\u201d said Shaunn Cartwright, a co-founding member of the Unhoused Response Group, according \u200dto KTVU. \u201cWould you\u2063 do that to any other minority group? You would not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Raj Jayadev, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-wokes-worth-and-why\/\" title=\"What Woke\u2019s Worth and Why\">criminal justice advocate<\/a> and founder\u2062 of Silicon Valley De-Bug, is concerned \u2063about the precedent and message this will send.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201c[This] sends a message to the r<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and colleagues propose a new ordinance to tackle homeless encampments near schools. The announcement was made by Mr. Mahan, Councilmember Peter Ortiz, and two students at KIPP San Jose Collegiate High School on Aug. 3. The proposal aims to ban encampments and vehicle dwellings within 150 feet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2248,"featured_media":2002036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2002035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2002035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2002035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2002036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2002035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2002035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2002035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}