California Department of Transportation Builds a Wall in San Jose

Even in liberal California, a state agency finds that walls have their uses:

Caltrans is building a taller, stronger wall in San Jose to stop homeless individuals from returning to an encampment.

Caltrans has repeatedly cleaned up the large encampment under I-280, but the homeless keep returning.

Hopefully the new wall helps.

Laura Nunez, who has lived on Macredes Avenue in San Jose most of her life, said everything changed on her street when homeless people began using the rickety chain link fence at the end of the block as a doorway to their encampments along I-280.

“Every time Caltrans would come out and repair it…as soon as they left they cut a hole in it and they just use that…that was their main access point to go in and out,” said Nunez. “We’ve had to live with their garbage. We’ve had to live with drug paraphernalia. The kids haven’t been able come out to play.”

Caltrans and the city heard the neighbors’ complaints and on Monday, workers were out building a taller barrier at the freeway on-ramp and on Macredes Avenue.

At last government is responsive to the needs of the people. Yet moonbats are not pleased.

Jaime Foberg, the founder of “In Their Shoes” homeless advocacy said, “I think of Trump. And I think how horrible it is that they would keep people out. It really does make me sad.”

Trump, as some may recall, was elected on solemn promises to build a border wall that would render walls like the one is San Jose less necessary. Obviously, there is no need for us to import unskilled poor people. Too bad the promise was quickly discarded.

On a tip from Steve T.