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Local groups collaborating to build sustainable tiny homes for unhoused people

By Amaya Edwards|2026-04-24T17:06:22-07:00April 24, 2026|Tags: Amaya Edwards, Evan Morrison, Featured, homeless, people first, Soquel, tiny homes, unhoused|

Partners include Mt. Calvary church, People First and Just Places

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A Santa Cruz nonprofit offered to step in for an embattled mental health organization. Not everyone is on board.

By Jesse Kathan|2026-03-04T14:21:22-08:00March 4, 2026|Tags: Alicia Kuhl, Evan Morrison, Featured, Jesse Kathan, Mental Health Client Action Network, people first, Yana Jacobs|

People First could temporarily run MHCAN’s programs

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With frigid temperatures expected, severe weather shelters to open

By Jesse Kathan|2026-02-19T16:25:19-08:00February 19, 2026|Tags: downtown Watsonville, emergency support, Featured, homeless, Jesse Kathan, people first, weather shelter|

Tonight and Friday in Santa Cruz, Watsonville

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Homelessness advocates seek to expand extreme weather shelter program

By Jesse Kathan|2026-01-15T22:13:32-08:00January 16, 2026|Tags: Featured, homeless, homelessness, Jesse Kathan, people first, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Shelters full as winter temperatures drop