With California facing a wide-open gubernatorial race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Matt Mahan is using the moment to showcase San Jose’s progress in reducing unsheltered homelessness and sway prospective candidates into restoring crucial funding and ensuring that all cities and counties do their part to solve the crisis.

San Jose is on the brink of tripling its shelter capacity this year — continuing Mahan’s deviation from the Housing First model and his insistence that the streets cannot become a waiting room for the unhoused as they await permanent supportive housing.

But the mayor has become increasingly frustrated with the leadership in Sacramento over budget and policy decisions — especially on homelessness — that he said could derail or limit local progress.

On Friday, Maha

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