Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group. San Jose Councilmember for District 7 Bien Doan, right, holds the hand of Janet Parks Swanson, 63, who is unhoused, as he helps her leave the homeless encampment along Coyote Creek at Tully Road on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022, in San Jose, Calif. A ruthless winter storm bore down on the Bay Area and Northern California on Wednesday, prompting emergency proclamations, school closures and multiple hazard warnings of potential flooding, debris flows and severe winds. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group)
As the Bay Area braced for what could be one of the worst storms in years, public officials — including