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Earn money by advising Santa Cruz city and county leaders

By Jesse Kathan|2024-10-17T16:35:18-07:00August 30, 2024|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, explainer, Featured, Government, Jesse Kathan|

How to volunteer for a board or commission

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How (and why) to run for school board in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2024-10-17T16:35:12-07:00July 25, 2024|Tags: education, explainer, Featured, Government, Jesse Kathan, Kris Munro, Nov. 5 2024 election, school boards, school districts, Tricia Webber|

Aug. 9 deadline for 32 seats

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Explainer: Nov. 5 bond measure for Pajaro Valley Unified School District

By Jesse Greenspan|2024-08-13T16:55:53-07:00June 21, 2024|Tags: education, Featured, Government, Heather Contreras, Jesse Greenspan, Nov. 5 2024 election, Pajaro Valley, Pajaro Valley Unified School District, schools|

$315 million could be raised for school repairs, new buildings

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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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New training facility proposed for Santa Cruz Police and Fire

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:59:13-07:00May 2, 2024|Tags: Bernie Escalante, Featured, Government, Jesse Kathan, Law enforcement, Rob Oatey, Santa Cruz Fire, Santa Cruz police, Teran Whitley, Thairie Ritchie|

Activists fear militarization, outsize spending

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Affordable housing waitlist opens in Santa Cruz, with more on tap

By Nik Altenberg and Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:59:58-07:00April 22, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, climate change, county budget, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, Government, homelessness, housing, Watsonville City Council|

Plus: Watsonville council to tackle new shelters, climate adaptation

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‘Bleak’ outlook for Santa Cruz County budget

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:00:32-07:00April 11, 2024|Tags: budget, Carlos Palacios, climate change, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, Government, health, Jesse Kathan, Manu Koenig, Marcus Pimentel, roads, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Less money for road repairs, fewer public health staff proposed

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Santa Cruz council supports ‘peaceful dialogue’ in Israel-Hamas war, rejects Gaza ceasefire resolution

By Jesse Kathan|2024-01-12T13:50:39-08:00January 10, 2024|Tags: Government, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council|

Santa Cruz leaders reject will of more than 200 people

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Activists press Santa Cruz leaders to support Israel-Hamas ceasefire

By Jesse Kathan|2023-12-16T09:39:51-08:00December 15, 2023|Tags: Government, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council|

Supporters draw on local history of global stances

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Santa Cruz city voters ask candidates to address housing, transit, crime

By Natalya Dreszer|2023-12-14T15:40:32-08:00December 14, 2023|Tags: elections, Government, housing, March 5 2024 election, Natalya Dreszer, Santa Cruz City Council, UC Santa Cruz|

City council district elections set for March 5

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Property tax changes proposed in Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2024-10-17T16:55:33-07:00November 9, 2023|Tags: County of Santa Cruz, explainer, Government, Jesse Kathan, property tax, roads, schools, taxes, Zach Friend|

State formula blamed for poor county roads, facilities

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Soquel Hills cellular service expected to improve

By Nicklas Balboa|2022-08-26T08:37:51-07:00August 26, 2022|Tags: Government, Manu Koenig, public safety, Santa Cruz County, Soquel, utilities, wildfire|

Stronger signal anticipated by the end of the year