The City of Santa Cruz wants to create an online survey of landlords and tenants. It’s an attempt to get reliable data on rents, evictions, housing types and other elements of the city’s rental market. The city council majority wants to make the survey mandatory. We share with with you what landlords and tenants make of it. Plus: an update on the city’s corridor plan, a push toward district elections, what’s up with 5G cell towers and the status of a state bill that would bring $16 million of affordable housing funding to Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Vice Mayor Justin Cummings and council members Cynthia Mathews and Sandy Brown listen to a staff presentation on Tuesday. (Kara Meyberg Guzman — Santa Cruz Local)

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Kara Meyberg Guzman is the CEO and co-founder of Santa Cruz Local. ​Prior to Santa Cruz Local, she served as the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s managing editor. She has a biology degree from Stanford University and lives in Santa Cruz.

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Stephen Baxter is a co-founder and editor of Santa Cruz Local. He covers Santa Cruz County government.