ADVOCATES ARE RAISING concerns about whether Santa Clara County is going to undercount the number of homeless residents this year. Every two years, the county participates in a federally mandated point-in-time count to gather information on the number of people living on the streets and in shelters.

Two years after it missed its deadline, Santa Clara County is poised to finalize plans to build 3,125 homes over the next six years — plus dozens of state builder’s remedy projects in rural areas.

Veterans living in a substandard housing facility in East San Jose said it’s getting worse, more than a year after Santa Clara County purchased it and months after a new service provider took over.

Advocates are raising concerns about whether Santa Clara County is going to undercount the number of homeless residents this year.

The Santa Clara County Library District has begun work on building new children’s spaces at each of its seven branches, with the goal of improving early childhood literacy for the district’s young patrons.

Santa Clara County on Wednesday is gearing up to count the number of unhoused residents, and this time it’s paying people who’ve lived on the streets to help.