Kendra Greer’s eyes were trained on her puppy as it ran circles around a makeshift campfire stove on the bank of Coyote Creek in San Jose.
Chiquito, a tiny black dog, is Greer’s shadow, following the 32-year-old wherever she goes. Soon that means leaving the encampment on the creek for a small room across town.
On April 15, the campsite Greer has known as home – on and off – for the last three years will be torn down by the city. Most residents are being pushed to leave their tents for what San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan calls “tiny homes communities.”…