San Jose to build its first safe sleeping site near Watson Park in effort to move hundreds of homeless

San Jose has selected the location for its first safe sleeping site as city officials work to move hundreds of homeless people away from waterways and into sanctioned encampments.

The first site, located at 1157 E. Taylor St. near Watson Park, has faced its share of difficulties, as homeless residents previously set up camps there in squalid conditions, leaving trash, shopping carts, and human excrement. At one point, squatters even occupied a city-owned property nearby.

However...