Though it may not always make the headlines, Santa Clara County has the ninth biggest homeless population in the United States.
Two years ago, reporter Isabel Angell and I spent the night on Bus 22, a 24-hour bus line that runs from Palo Alto to San Jose. It’s the only overnight bus route in Santa Clara County. So for over a decade, people have been using the 22 at night for shelter.
On the bus, we met a couple: Michael and Elizabeth Garber. Michael told us that the bus was nicknamed Hotel 22, but he called it home. When we first met the Garbers, they’d been homeless for eight months.
