San Jose Standard

San José Breaks Ground on New Iteration of Interim Housing for Homeless Neighbors. The highlight of this project is that this 150-bed site will sit on land generously leased to the City by The Sobrato Organization for one dollar per year.

San José Mayor Matt Mahan, Councilmember Arjun Batra, and DignityMoves will break ground on the Via Del Oro Interim Housing Community, which leverages underutilized private land for interim housing for the first time in San José. The community will sit on two acres of land leased to the City for one dollar a year thanks to the vision and generosity of John and Sue Sobrato.

"The highlight of this project is that this 150-bed site will sit on land generously leased to the City by The Sobrato Organization for one dollar per year," said an unnamed source.

"Once completed, the site will add 150 beds to the City’s supply of interim housing," added another unnamed source.

Thanks to a recent memo from Mayor Mahan, and Councilmembers Batra, Jimenez, Foley, and Cohen, no encampment zones will be established within a two-block radius of the new Via del Oro interim housing community and at two specific sites in the area that have had long-standing encampments associated with safety concerns.

Those involved in the project include San José Mayor Matt Mahan, Councilmember Arjun Batra (D10), John A. Sobrato, Founder & Board Chair Emeritus of The Sobrato Organization, Elizabeth Funk, Founder & CEO of DignityMoves, Denise Ambriz, Bernal/Monterey Housing Community Resident, and Jennifer Lauritzen, Vice President, Division Manager at Swinerton.