Editor's Note: For five years, Deborah and her disabled son struggled to find secure housing here in San Jose after a divorce, car accident and job loss uprooted their lives. They lived out of their car in a church-run safe parking program before moving to a permanent supportive housing program which was mismanaged and did not offer reliable security. Mayor Mahan and the City of San Jose are attempting to clean up the city’s image by boasting how they have “solved” the homel