New federal figures indicated that Santa Clara County has the highest unhoused population of all nine Bay Area counties.
According to the report, nearly 39,000 unhoused people live in the Bay Area, 10,394 of whom live in Santa Clara County.
“No surprise whatsoever that’s probably even an undercount,” said Shaunn Cartwright, founder of the Unhoused Response Group. “It’s because people are priced out of San Jose, and they end up on the street getting a. Also, many people are getting evicted after Covid protections ended.”…