News Stories

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Vote March 3: Santa Cruz City Council recall, Chris Krohn’s seat

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2024-01-25T13:14:22-08:00February 10, 2020|Tags: 190 West Cliff Drive, affordable housing, Chris Krohn, Circle Church, City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, Don Lane, economy, Elections 2020, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, housing, Katherine Beiers, library, People's Agenda, Santa Cruz City Council|

Chris Krohn, Katherine Beiers and Don Lane discuss their stances

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Vote March 3: Santa Cruz City Council recall, Drew Glover’s seat

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2024-01-25T13:15:03-08:00February 9, 2020|Tags: affordable housing, Circle Church, City of Santa Cruz, Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness, Corridor Plan, development, Donna Meyers, Drew Glover, economy, environment, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, housing, Justin Cummings, People's Agenda, recall, Renee Golder, Santa Cruz City Council, Tim Fitzmaurice|

Candidates Drew Glover, Renee Golder, Tim Fitzmaurice discuss their stances

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Vote March 3: The District 1 supervisor race

By Stephen Baxter and Kara Meyberg Guzman|2024-01-26T11:18:37-08:00February 6, 2020|Tags: 1500 Capitola Road, ADU, development, economy, elections, Elections 2020, homelessness, housing, John Leopold, Mark Esquibel, Nissan project, People's Agenda, rail corridor, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

We hear from incumbent John Leopold and challengers Manu Koenig, Mark Esquibel, Benjamin Cogan

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Vote March 3: The District 2 supervisor race

By Stephen Baxter|2024-01-26T13:58:39-08:00February 3, 2020|Tags: ADU, Becky Steinbruner, development, District 2, elections, housing, People's Agenda, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Becky Steinbruner takes on incumbent Zach Friend

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Santa Cruz commission votes no Circle Church historical status

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T10:36:32-08:00January 30, 2020|Tags: Circle Church, City of Santa Cruz, development, housing, Santa Cruz City Council|

City council will have final say on demolition, housing

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Vote March 3: The People’s Agenda

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2024-01-26T13:58:54-08:00January 30, 2020|Tags: Aptos, City of Santa Cruz, Community Engagement, development, Elections 2020, housing, La Selva Beach, Live Oak, needle exchange, Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

We asked more than 200 people: What do you want local candidates to talk about as they compete for your vote?

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Enforcement lowered for hallucinogens in Santa Cruz

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2024-01-25T15:51:27-08:00January 28, 2020|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, housing, Justin Cummings, Martine Watkins, police, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Also, city council wants input on housing density

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Changes ahead for women in jail, courts

By Stephen Baxter|2020-01-29T16:00:52-08:00January 28, 2020|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, climate change, County Jail, jail, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

County leaders aim to reduce impact of jail time on families

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Meet Santa Cruz Local, part 6

By Santa Cruz Local|2022-05-03T09:34:44-07:00January 19, 2020|Tags: Community Engagement, Meet Santa Cruz Local|

Introducing Natalya Dreszer

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Santa Cruz raises affordability bar for housing projects

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T10:51:04-08:00January 15, 2020|Tags: development, Donna Meyers, housing, inclusionary, inclusionary requirement, Justin Cummings, library, Martine Watkins, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Developers will have less incentive to build very low-income units

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Supervisors recommend cap on vacation rentals

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:51:05-08:00January 14, 2020|Tags: Aptos, City of Santa Cruz, housing, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Seacliff, vacation rentals|

Parking, local owner requirements also may be in the works

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River Street Camp to shift to Armory

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T10:43:15-08:00January 12, 2020|Tags: Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, Martin Bernal, Salvation Army|

Santa Cruz City Manager Martin Bernal answers our questions.