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Scotts Valley City Council approves budget, eyes tax hike

By Jesse Kathan and Stephen Baxter|2024-08-13T16:55:57-07:00June 17, 2024|Tags: Central Coast Legislative Caucus, City of Scotts Valley, Dawn Addis, Featured, Gail Pellerin, John Laird, Robert Rivas, Scotts Valley City Council|

Plus: Central Coast Legislative Caucus unites lawmakers

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Inside the plan to expand Downtown Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-01T11:01:08-07:00June 14, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, downtown Santa Cruz, explainer, Featured, Fred Keeley, housing, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Warriors|

Input on downtown expansion plan wanted at June 18 meeting

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How many unhoused people have found homes in Santa Cruz County?

By Tyler Maldonado and Stephen Baxter|2024-08-13T16:56:10-07:00June 13, 2024|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, Featured, homelessness, housing, Housing Authority of Santa Cruz County, Housing Matters, Santa Cruz County Housing for Health Partnership|

Key statistic takes some digging

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Psychiatrists, firefighters are top earning Santa Cruz County public employees

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:17-07:00June 13, 2024|Tags: Cal Fire, Carlos Palacios, Central Fire, city budget, City of Santa Cruz, county budget, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, fire, Government, Jason Hoppin, Jeff Rosell, Jesse Kathan, Jim Hart, police, public salaries, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Fire, school districts, Tanya Krause|

Top 20 salaries include law enforcement, county administrators

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Santa Cruz rail-trail segment to finish in fall, North Coast next

By Stephen Baxter, Nik Altenberg and Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:22-07:00June 10, 2024|Tags: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, budget, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Coastal Rail Trail, Featured, North Coast, Ramsay Park, Santa Cruz City Council, Watsonville City Council|

Plus: Watsonville, Santa Cruz to weigh city budgets

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Author discusses relationships, money to address homelessness

By Tyler Maldonado|2024-08-13T16:56:33-07:00June 7, 2024|Tags: City of Capitola, Featured, homelessness, housing, Tyler Maldonado|

‘Miracle Messages’ as an antidote to social isolation

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Less money for road maintenance in approved Santa Cruz County budget

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:41-07:00June 6, 2024|Tags: Bruce McPherson, budget, county budget, Featured, Felipe Hernandez, Jesse Kathan, Justin Cummings, Manu Koenig, Matt Machado, roads, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Smaller overall budget, more debt

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Passenger rail choices, a pesticide protest and city budget updates

By Jesse Kathan, Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T16:56:47-07:00June 3, 2024|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, MacQuiddy Elementary School, Ocean Street, pesticides, rail trail, Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, wildfire|

Plus: Ocean Street housing proposal grows

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Capitola adopts city budget

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:54-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: Capitola City Council, Capitola City Hall, City of Capitola, Featured, Jamie Goldstein, Jesse Kathan, Jessica Kahn, Jim Malberg, Joe Clarke, Kristen Brown|

Money for roads, bike track, pensions

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Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at UC Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:56:59-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: Featured, Gaza, Law enforcement, UC Santa Cruz|

Authorities start to dismantle camp

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Santa Cruz reaches housing goals while county, other cities fail

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:57:09-07:00May 31, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Kate Herlihy, Rafa Sonnenfeld, RHNA, Santa Cruz County, Suzanne Ise, Suzi Merriam|

Capitola, Scotts Valley make least progress on affordable homes

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Santa Cruz city budget avoids cuts, skips savings

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:57:15-07:00May 29, 2024|Tags: budget, City of Santa Cruz, Elizabeth Cabell, Featured, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, Sonja Brunner|

Long-term shortfall persists despite sales tax hike