As it navigates a modest shortfall without reducing its overall workforce, San Jose is heading into the coming year with a $5.57 billion budget that diverts voter approved funds for affordable housing projects to interim homelessness solutions and increases financial support for immigration services.
While San Jose is once again committing 90% of its Measure E funds to interim housing, the city will issue a $60 million notice of funding availability for affordable housing projects in the upcoming fiscal year.
With the federal government creating chaos at the local level through the cancellation of grants and immigration enforcement, city officials made last-minute adjustments to the budget by increasing the amount of immigration support services to at least $1 million, with the possibility of funding escalating to up to $1.5 million…