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Live Oak affordable housing project approved by county

By Stephen Baxter|2023-12-14T12:02:31-08:00November 5, 2019|Tags: 1500 Capitola Road, affordable housing, development, eviction, housing, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Board also enacts eviction rules, considers fee for cups

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What to watch in Santa Cruz County government this week

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T11:03:11-08:00November 3, 2019|Tags: 17th & Capitola, affordable housing, AgendaWatch, development, housing, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Board to discuss affordable housing proposal

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Santa Cruz eviction law passes

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:50:31-07:00October 30, 2019|Tags: 123 Bixby Street, 190 West Cliff Drive, AB1482, affordable housing, City of Santa Cruz, development, housing, inclusionary, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council|

Council also looks at requiring more affordable units. Some worry it may halt growth.

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Santa Cruz approves West Cliff condos

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2025-06-24T15:57:48-07:00October 23, 2019|Tags: 190 West Cliff Drive, Chris Krohn, City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, housing, Nissan project, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Plus, rural voters to decide fire protection tax

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Santa Cruz, from quake to remake

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:34:49-07:00October 17, 2019|Tags: development, Downtown Plan, downtown Santa Cruz, housing, Loma Prieta earthquake, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz history, Vision Santa Cruz|

How a downtown blueprint was made

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New state housing laws limit local control

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:50:58-07:00October 15, 2019|Tags: AB411, Corridor Plan, development, housing, Santa Cruz City Council, Sarah Fleming, Sarah Neuse, SB330|

State aims for more density, in-law units

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Santa Cruz homelessness committee searches for answers

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:51:05-07:00October 3, 2019|Tags: Chris Krohn, City of Santa Cruz, Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness, development, district elections, Drew Glover, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, housing, Santa Cruz City Council|

Plus, an update on district elections

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Santa Cruz City Council censure effort fails

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:34:52-07:00September 25, 2019|Tags: Chris Krohn, City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, district elections, Donna Meyers, Drew Glover, housing, Santa Cruz City Council|

Conflict sparks new policy. Plus, new syringe bins, pot rules

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Santa Cruz housing money wrapped in state bill

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:51:12-07:00September 17, 2019|Tags: AB411, Bonnie Lipscomb, City of Santa Cruz, Corridor Plan, development, housing, Mark Stone, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Sarah Fleming, SB330|

Could city get frozen redevelopment dollars? Plus, state housing bill roundup

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The future of downtown Santa Cruz

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:51:28-07:00August 31, 2019|Tags: Casey Coonerty-Protti, Chris Krohn, development, housing, Jessie Bristow, Jon Lee, Lee Butler, Michael Mekis, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Developers, city leaders, shop owners discuss possible building boom

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Santa Cruz tackles public restrooms

By Kara Meyberg Guzman and Stephen Baxter|2022-05-03T09:51:36-07:00August 28, 2019|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, development, homelessness, housing, Louden Nelson Community Center, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

City council also kills 'Corridor Plan'

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Development near Dream Inn advances

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:51:43-07:00August 17, 2019|Tags: 190 West Cliff Drive, City of Santa Cruz, development, housing, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

We learn how local and state policy shape the number of affordable units.