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Housing goals quadruple in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2022-10-14T14:01:31-07:00October 14, 2022|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, housing, Santa Cruz County|

Some Scotts Valley, Capitola leaders object

Santa Cruz County District 3 supervisor official election results

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-11-02T08:32:45-07:00June 7, 2022|Tags: affordable housing, Ami Chen Mills, Elections 2022, Justin Cummings, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson|

Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings will square off on Nov. 8 ballot

Challenges outlined for new mental-health crisis response in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2022-08-01T15:55:08-07:00April 29, 2022|Tags: mental health, mental health crises, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Police Department, Watsonville Police Department|

Dial ‘988’ to start in July, but non-police response remains limited

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

Santa Cruz County rail funding search continues

By Isabella Cueto|2021-07-16T23:00:55-07:00July 16, 2021|Tags: rail, rail corridor, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, transportation|

Interim trails could be built on train tracks

Post-wildfire housing rules challenged in Santa Cruz County

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-03T14:12:08-07:00June 22, 2021|Tags: affordable housing, Cal Fire, California Board of Forestry, CZU Lightning Complex Fire, housing, Santa Cruz County, Stephen Baxter|

Fire protection goals clash with shortage of homes

Santa Cruz County budget adds employees, services, savings

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-03T14:12:09-07:00June 22, 2021|Tags: Carlos Palacios, county budget, Ryan Coonerty, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Stephen Baxter|

Leaders say remote work helps reduce traffic

Santa Cruz County transportation leaders deadlock on passenger rail plan

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:21:18-07:00April 2, 2021|Tags: Aurelio Gonzalez, Bruce McPherson, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Kristen Petersen, Manu Koenig, Patrick Mulhearn, rail corridor, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission|

Project likely to pause

Map: COVID-19 test sites in Santa Cruz County

By Kara Meyberg Guzman, Stephen Baxter, Patrick Riley and Allison Gasparini|2022-12-16T17:37:18-08:00April 1, 2021|Tags: City of Watsonville, Coronavirus, health, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, Stephen Baxter|

Symptoms or potential exposure? Get tested, health officials say

How to get a COVID vaccine in Santa Cruz County

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:21:27-07:00March 26, 2021|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID vaccine, Dominican Hospital, Featured, health, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Marm Kilpatrick, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency|

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Shared data, goals in Santa Cruz County’s plan for homeless

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:40:35-08:00March 10, 2021|Tags: Bruce McPherson, homeless, housing, Manu Koenig, Randy Morris, Robert Ratner, Ryan Coonerty, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Supervisors question county parks, other land for shelter and services

County land for temporary housing included in homeless proposal

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:40:36-08:00March 6, 2021|Tags: homelessness, Manu Koenig, Ryan Coonerty, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Supervisors to consider 3-year plan to reduce number of unhoused

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