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Agreement approved for 100% affordable housing project in Watsonville
Mayor opposes plan because of traffic, service costs
RV parking limits adopted in Santa Cruz
Plus: City leaders name sites for sanctioned homeless camps
Plans renewed for housing and shops on busy Santa Cruz streets
Design standards, mixed-use zones to be tackled at Wednesday meeting
Incentives help landlords rent to Santa Cruz County’s homeless
Homelessness series: Landlords’ questions answered about housing vouchers
Overnight RV parking limits advance in Santa Cruz
RV owners discuss problems and solutions
Rental housing market squeezed by pandemic, wildfire in Santa Cruz County
More than half of a Santa Cruz hotel houses UCSC grad students
Rules loosened for in-law units in Santa Cruz County
Parking requirements draw some criticism
Housing project at 831 Water St. blocked by Santa Cruz council
City leaders explain denial of controversial plan
Homelessness survey reveals some common ground in Santa Cruz County
Survey highlights needs, questions, barriers
Overnight parking limits tackled in Santa Cruz
Plus: Rail trail environmental planning meeting ahead
Overnight parking limits debated in Santa Cruz
RV owners discuss potential new law
Santa Cruz County wildfire rebuilding rules loosen
Program to add wildfire cameras advances
Housing plans could target job centers in Santa Cruz County
City, county leaders inch toward allocations of thousands of homes
Santa Cruz council aims for transparency with new state housing law
Expedited approval of projects draws concern, support
State aims to triple housing production in Santa Cruz, Monterey counties
Santa Cruz meets most building goals as Capitola, Scotts Valley lag
Assemblymember Mark Stone explains votes on housing bills
State representative from Santa Cruz County supports SB9, opposes SB10
Smaller apartment complex proposed at 831 Water St. in Santa Cruz
Neighbors’ concerns remain, streamlined approval expected
Plan to speed building permits in CZU fire zone expected in September
Plus, updates on county plan to address homelessness
Santa Cruz changes ADU law, prompted by Coastal Commission
Plus, council could vote on River Street sign
County seeks landlords before pandemic housing expires
Slow start to find homes for 250 people in ‘Rehousing Wave’
New homes approved in two Scotts Valley projects
Wastewater rate hike also adopted