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Does this small city have the Bay Area’s worst homelessness problem?
Luis Melecio-Zambrano, San Jose Mercury News
PUBLISHED: August 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM PDT
At the southernmost edge of the Bay Area, Gilroy sits nestled between the tree-covered Santa Cruz Mountains and the rolling golden hills of the Diablo Range. The city of some 60,000 people is surrounded by fields and orchards, and on summer nights the smell of garlic hangs in the air — reminders of its deep agricultural roots and its world-famous festival.
But behind that agrarian beauty lies a sobering statistic: Gilroy has one of the largest homeless populations in the entire region.
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By Luis Melecio Zambrano | lmeleciozambrano@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group