Less than 10 months ago, San Jose city dignitaries and Santa Clara Valley Water District officials thrust their shovels into the ground, scooping piles of dirt on a stretch of property along the Guadalupe River once lined with encampments, with the promise of bringing more homeless residents indoors and cleaning up the waterways.

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In a short time, the city has transformed the Valley Water-owned site at 5205 Cherry Ave. into a 136-bed tiny home community, marking the 11th interim housing site opened this year and inching the city closer to its goal of tripling its shelter capacity.

“They can get out of survival mode, apply for a job, reconnect with family (and) get access to treatment for mental health care addiction if they need it,” Mayor Matt Mahan said. “Our neighbors

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