https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/10/22/san-jose-fire-court-property-build-home-blight-real-estate-develop/

SAN JOSE — Complaints over a blighted and fire-scorched San Jose abandoned property began six years ago — yet after three blazes, a shooting, a dog attack and piles of garbage, a solution remains elusive.

City officials may seize control of several parcels that have become a full-blown eyesore at North Fourth Street and East St. John Street in downtown San Jose due to steadily worsening blight woes.