San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proposed making it a crime to refuse shelter three times within 18 months, with the goal of using the court system to push service-resistant homeless individuals into care. “Homelessness can’t be a choice,

Mayor Matt Mahan said too many people are dying on the streets. His proposal would push people into services after they refuse shelter three times in 18 months.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has proposed a new “pay for performance” model that ties pay raises to work accomplishments, aiming to address the city’s biggest challenges. The proposal, unveiled ahead of the mayor’s annual budget report,

To increase government efficiency, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan proposed a “pay for performance” raise model for city leaders, including himself.