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5 takeaways on Santa Cruz County housing production

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-09T18:37:23-07:00May 9, 2025|Tags: Aptos, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, housing element, Jesse Kathan, RHNA|

Apartments, in-law units are leading home types

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State legislators push for fixes at Hilltop apartments in Santa Cruz

By Nik Altenberg|2025-09-11T14:38:41-07:00May 9, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, education, Featured, Gail Pellerin, Greystar, Hilltop Apartments, housing, John Laird, Justin Cummings, Nik Altenberg, Renee Golder, UC Regents, UC Santa Cruz, University of California|

Laird, Pellerin, Cummings, Golder seek answers

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Circle Church home building not expected until 2026

By Tyler Maldonado|2025-05-01T12:35:23-07:00May 1, 2025|Tags: Brett Packer, Circle Church, City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Ryan Bane, Westside|

Utility work due this summer

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4 housing rezones in Live Oak, Corralitos delayed by Santa Cruz County Supervisors

By Nik Altenberg|2025-05-01T16:20:21-07:00April 30, 2025|Tags: Builder’s Remedy, Featured, Government, housing, housing element, Nik Altenberg, Santa Cruz County Supervisors|

Unmet state deadlines could spell further loss of local control

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Housing rezones expected in Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos, South County

By Stephen Baxter|2025-05-01T07:52:19-07:00April 25, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, Aptos, Featured, housing, Live Oak, Pleasure Point, RHNA, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Soquel, South County, Stephen Baxter|

Santa Cruz County Supervisors to consider 47 properties

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Downtown Santa Cruz expansion plan advances

By Jesse Greenspan|2025-04-18T14:58:06-07:00April 18, 2025|Tags: below market rate housing, downtown expansion plan, Featured, Fred Keeley, housing, Jesse Greenspan, Lee Butler, Pete Kennedy, Rachel Dann, RHNA, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Proposal allows taller buildings, new Warriors arena

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Planning Commission to weigh Downtown Santa Cruz expansion

By Jesse Kathan|2025-04-14T14:56:03-07:00April 14, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, construction, development, Downtown Santa Cruz expansion plan, Featured, Government, housing, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz Planning Commission|

Meeting on Thursday, April 17

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City orders fixes at UC-owned Hilltop apartments in Santa Cruz as problems mount

By Nik Altenberg|2025-05-12T16:11:49-07:00April 11, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, code enforcement, Featured, Greystar, Hilltop Apartments, housing, Nik Altenberg, renters, Student housing, UC Santa Cruz, University of California|

Tenants file state discrimination complaints, consider lawsuit

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6-story apartment proposal withdrawn on Almar Ave. in Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan|2025-04-11T14:56:27-07:00April 11, 2025|Tags: 831 Almar, 844 Almar, City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Mark Primack, Santa Cruz Planning Commission, Westside, Workbench|

Process ‘took much longer’ than anticipated

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Downtown Santa Cruz Library, housing project to start in June

By Jesse Kathan|2025-04-09T17:35:15-07:00April 9, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, downtown Santa Cruz, farmers market, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, library|

Farmers market to move in May, housing interest list open

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Housing proposal grows to five stories on Capitola Road in Live Oak

By Tyler Maldonado|2025-05-23T10:02:48-07:00April 3, 2025|Tags: Builder’s Remedy, Capitola Road, Clay Toombs, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jason Hoppin, Live Oak, Tim Gordin, Workbench|

Workbench uses Builder’s Remedy to increase units

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More home insurance options, higher rates coming to Santa Cruz County

By Jesse Kathan|2025-03-30T16:55:22-07:00March 28, 2025|Tags: Amy Bach, Featured, Gabriel Sanchez, Gail Pellerin, home insurance, housing, Jesse Kathan, Joel Laucher, Ricardo Lara, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz County|

New rules for fire prone areas