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Santa Cruz council reaffirms proposed housing on Center Street

By Jesse Kathan|2022-01-26T00:21:03-08:00January 26, 2022|Tags: affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, housing, Santa Cruz City Council|

Project will provide 35 units for ‘very low income’ households

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Santa Cruz County housing projects for homeless advance, Sheriff’s Office to launch data dashboard

By Stephen Baxter|2022-01-25T22:05:41-08:00January 25, 2022|Tags: affordable housing, City of Watsonville, homelessness, housing, Housing Matters, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Stephen Baxter, Watsonville Community Hospital|

Plus: Live Oak parking program killed, more Watsonville hospital money approved

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Water quality, rates could rise with Big Basin, San Lorenzo Valley Water merger

By Brian Phan|2022-01-31T14:51:25-08:00January 25, 2022|Tags: Boulder Creek, San Lorenzo Valley, San Lorenzo Valley Water District, water|

Boulder Creek area water fixes likely to take years

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Santa Cruz County classrooms expected to stay open amid COVID surge

By Allison Gasparini|2022-01-24T12:18:19-08:00January 21, 2022|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, education, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Santa Cruz health covid-19 covid coronavirus|

About 25% of students stayed home this week, county schools superintendent said

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Potential lawsuit could tie UC Santa Cruz growth to campus housing

By Jesse Kathan|2024-05-13T18:08:27-07:00January 14, 2022|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, housing, Ryan Coonerty, UCSC|

Other court cases stall student housing

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Sheriff’s Office oversight advanced by Santa Cruz County supervisors

By Stephen Baxter|2022-01-11T19:54:36-08:00January 11, 2022|Tags: police, police reform, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Stephen Baxter|

Inspector general could review complaints, but some want advisory committee

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Podcast: How Santa Cruz County could solve chronic homelessness

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:49:42-07:00December 17, 2021|Tags: Bakersfield, Built for Zero, California Veterans Assistance Foundation, chronic homelessness, chronically homeless, City of Santa Cruz, Don Lane, emergency support, homeless camp Santa Cruz, Homeless Services Center, homeless youth, homelessness, housing, housing authority, Housing Choice voucher, Housing Matters, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Kern County, landlord, landlords, permanent housing, Phil Kramer, rental assistance, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County, security, solutions to homelessness, subletting, tenants, unhoused, urban development|

Lessons from Kern County’s success

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Downtown Santa Cruz library plans move forward

By Stephen Baxter|2021-12-15T02:37:06-08:00December 15, 2021|Tags: affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, downtown library, housing, Santa Cruz City Council, Stephen Baxter|

Council lauds revised designs, but ballot measure could sink project

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Santa Cruz council advances 831 Water St. housing project

By Stephen Baxter|2021-12-15T09:56:02-08:00December 14, 2021|Tags: 831 Water, 831 water st., affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, housing, Santa Cruz City Council, Stephen Baxter|

Building permit approval needed

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Independent oversight possible for Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

By Patrick Riley|2021-12-10T15:34:55-08:00December 10, 2021|Tags: Capitola Police Department, City of Santa Cruz, Jim Hart, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Police Department, Scotts Valley police, Scotts Valley Police Department, Watsonville Ad-Hoc Committee on Policing and Social Equity, Watsonville police, Zach Friend|

County supervisors, sheriff expected to collaborate in January

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New food waste collection in Santa Cruz County: Costs, timing and details

By Allison Gasparini|2021-12-04T08:04:00-08:00December 3, 2021|Tags: Aptos, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, compost, food waste, garbage, Live Oak, organic waste, trash|

Santa Cruz city residents to get pails, other areas to mix food waste with yard trimmings

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831 Water St. housing project to be reconsidered by Santa Cruz council

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-23T23:30:31-08:00November 23, 2021|Tags: 831 Water, affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, development, Donna Meyers, downtown Santa Cruz, environment, housing, inclusionary, Justin Cummings, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Martine Watkins, Renee Golder, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner|

Council could approve revised proposal Dec. 14