The Valley Transportation Authority has cleared the way for a plan championed by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and his allies to erect 200 tiny home cabins for homeless people on an agency-owned lot in the northern part of the city.

Despite safety and traffic concerns raised by neighbors and VTA staff, the agency’s board of directors unanimously agreed Thursday night to allow the city to move forward with the shelters proposed for an empty field near VTA’s Cerone work yard off Highway 237.

“We have thousands of neighbors living outside in unsheltered conditions, which is inhumane and terrible for everyone in the community,” said Mahan, a member of the VTA board, before casting his vote.

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