Valley Water this week evicted about 60 unhoused people from encampments on two of its properties in Gilroy, and homeless advocates say the residents have nowhere else to go.
“We ask the public to understand that if tents, and people, and carts of belongings begin to appear in new areas of Gilroy, these are internally displaced Gilroy residents—not people who have come here from elsewhere,” said Jan Bernstein Chargin of PitStop Outreach, a Gilroy-based nonprofit that offers services for homeless people.
The two properties in question are located along creek and levee facilities owned and maintained by Valley Water, the water district that provides drinking water and flood protection in Santa Clara County…