San Jose: Construction underway on tiny home shelter site at Sobrato property

Construction is underway on 75 tiny home shelters for homeless people at a South San Jose property owned by billionaire Silicon Valley developer John A. Sobrato.

Sobrato agreed to lease the 2-acre lot, at Via del Oro and San Ignacio Avenue near Highway 85, to the city for $1 a year over the next decade. He proposed the idea after learning about the challenges officials have faced finding viable shelter sites as the city works to bring thousands of unhoused residents indoors.

“We...