emergency homeless shelters are set to open in santa clara county for the cold winter months. a lottery will be held for beds at the boccardo reception center in san jose. the national guard armories in gilroy and sunnyvale are offering 365 beds on a first-come, first-serve basis. emergency shelters offer about 1-thousand beds in the winter time, but it doesn’t nearly cover the estimated 7-thousand people officials believe are homeless in the county.
