San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan argues for a 'radically pragmatic' shift in addressing homelessness, favoring interim housing and stricter encampment enforcement over slow, expensive projects.

San Jose’s mayor, Matt Mahan, tells the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein why California’s reliance on expensive, slow-moving affordable-housing projects has eroded public trust, and argues for a “radically pragmatic” shift toward interim housing and stricter encampment enforcement.