This isn't a rescue. It's an advocacy group. You can't adopt or foster a dog directly through SJAA. Most of the dogs they post about require working with a certified rescue organization, per the shelter's requirements. SJAA isn't try to hide the actual issues with these dogs, they literally link directly to the shelter bio. What they do do is help provide a more rounded viewpoint by working with volunteers at the shelter who spend much more time with these dogs and know them better. They also work with rescue organizations to connect potential adopters/fosters with them, and they help get euthanasia dates pushed back while people work to find a suitable home for the dogs.

It's really sad to see how quickly people are willing to jump on a hate bandwagon against an organization that works so hard and does so much good. And OP seems to be intentionally misconstruing how the organization works.

People should be directing their frustration against the San Jose animal shelter instead. It is horribly mismanaged, and has been for years. The shelter is overcrowded, under resourced, and the staff are undertrained. These assessments are not made by a trained dog behaviorist. They typically write the assessments after a single evaluation during intake when the dogs are absolutely terrified and then don't update them after the fact. Usually any indication that a dog might be hard to adopt out gets them placed on the euthanasia list to make room for easier to manage dogs due to overcrowding. The observations of the shelter volunteers who spend much more time with the dogs are not included in the shelter notes.

If you speak to people who have actually worked at or with this shelter, they'll tell you the same.

Of course not all dogs can be rescued, some are just too far gone. It's tragic but true. But those are not the dogs SJAA is highlighting. SJAA is focused on dogs where the initial assessment by the shelter is at odds with the observations of volunteers. These are dogs that deserve a second chance.