San Jose mayor pushes for California to create shelter production goals

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan supports Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order to abate encampments on state property but says California must do more to create “shared responsibility” in tackling the homelessness crisis.

Ahead of a meeting with the governor’s office, Mahan is arguing that California should create a shelter production mandate, similar to the way the state approached housing requirements with the Regional Housing Needs Allocation to avoid a situation he likened to “Groundhog Day.”...