Less than a week after Mayor Matt Mahan announced a bold push to arrest homeless people who refuse help, disturbing videos show San Jose police officers beating and verbally taunting an elderly homeless man —  leading to a complaint from the local NAACP chapter.

San Jose police said they are investigating a deadly shooting that happened on Sunday night. Around 8:45 p.m., police went to the 3500 block of Cas Drive for reports of a shooting that injured one person.

A man who was shot in San Jose on Sunday night died in the hospital, police say. The San Jose Police Department said on Monday that officers responded at around 8:45 p.m. to the 3500 block of Cas Drive on the report of a shooting.

Homeless advocates have called on San Jose to readjust its approach to homelessness, saying its aggressiveness has to more hostile rhetoric against the unhoused and was to blame for a recent

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has long said he wants elected officials and city leaders to be accountable for eliminating homelessness and improving public safety. That’s the centerpiece of his latest 2025-26 budget message.