https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/08/26/santa-clara-county-cut-new-homelessness-almost-30-during-covid/ > Santa Clara County has housed nearly 5,000 people since January and cut its number of newly homeless residents by almost 30% over the past year — putting the county well on its way to meeting ambitious goals set in 2020. > But the crisis is so extensive, that even those significant gains have failed to make a noticeable dent in the proliferation of homeless encampments from San Jose to Gilroy.