Seemingly treading water WEEKEND | 16 APRIL 18, 2014 VOLUME 22, NO. 11 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 20 County seeks new site for north county homeless shelter WITH ARMORY CLOSED, 136 BEDS NEEDED By Daniel DeBolt The Armory was one of three major shelters for the home- he Santa Clara Coun- less in the county, the others ty Board of Supervisors being in San Jose and Morgan Tunanimously voted Tues- Hill. Simitian noted that in the day to find a replacement for northern half of the county the north county’s cold-weather there are now “a dozen com- homeless shelter at the Sunnyvale munities with roughly a third Armory, now being demolished. of the county’s population that The shelter closed its doors for don’t have a large shelter in the last time on March 31, and place.” “we are now without a facility According to the 2013 county to serve the 136 folks who put homelessness survey, Moun- their heads down there every tain View had 136 unsheltered MICHELLE LE night, during the four cold- homeless that year, while the Guadalupe Garcia prepares a breakfast order during the morning rush at Posh Bagel. weather months of the year,” northern 12 cities in the county December through (basically the entire March, said Super- county minus San Campaign to raise MV’s visor Joe Simitian, ‘But right here, Jose, Morgan Hill, whose district Gilroy and unincor- spans Mountain right now, porated areas such minimum wage heats up View and Palo as San Martin), had By Daniel DeBolt raising its minimum wage from nomic situation we can afford Alto, among oth- people need 1,098 of the county’s the state’s $8 an hour to $10.15 to have a community where er north county 5,674 unsheltered ocal activists are orga- an hour, and want Mountain people who work hard are able cities. “This has a roof over homeless. nizing residents to speak View to follow suit, possibly to support themselves and have raised very legiti- their head.’ Simitian added Lto the City Council on going even higher. a fair shot. We all know that mate concerns that without such a Tuesday, April 22, in an effort “Silicon Valley has the high- housing prices are skyrocket- about what are the SUPERVISOR JOE SIMITIAN shelter, other resi- to have the city’s minimum est per-capita number of mil- ing and it’s becoming more next steps.” dents “shouldn’t be wage increased lionaires and billionaires,” said difficult for low-wage families In recent years surprised” if some of Organizers of the effort are campaign organizer Meghan the county has those 1,098 homeless pointing to San Jose’s success in Fraley. “With that kind of eco- See MINIMUM WAGE, page 10 moved towards a “housing “are going to be out in the neigh- first” model that seeks to fund borhood” where, he noted, they subsidized housing for the have inevitably caused a “quality chronically homeless, including of life issue” for other residents. Four more juveniles arrested 124 such units to be built at the As now required by law, Sunnyvale Armory site. (The Mountain View city staff in connection with arson fire National Guard decided to end released a general plan hous- its deal with the county to use ing element report this week CASE NOW IN THE HANDS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE the site for free.) But housing identifying areas of the city funds are scarce, which is why where such a shelter could go. By Kevin Forestieri Fordham Way last month. severely damaged the house. Simitian and fellow supervisor The report identifies the “gen- While the residents of the house Since the initial arrests of 12 David Cortese proposed the eral industrial” zoned areas he Mountain View Police were away on vacation, students juveniles and two adults, four move to find a new shelter site. in the city totaling 248 acres, Department arrested from nearby high schools and more juveniles were arrested as of “I think ‘housing first’ is long- particularly several dozen lots Tfour more juveniles in a local college hosted parties March 31 — a total of 18 arrests term strategy and I think it’s on Pioneer Way. It’s an area its ongoing investigation of with drugs and alcohol for over on charges including arson, bur- important we have a long-term where auto shops, offices and the drug- and alcohol-fueled a week. 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