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What triggers a homeless camp sweep in Santa Cruz County?

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-01T11:00:12-07:00September 26, 2024|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, County of Santa Cruz, explainer, Featured, homelessness, Housing Matters, Jesse Kathan, Live Oak, Pajaro River levee, Phil Kramer, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz police, Tamara Vides|

County staff start to draft clearer rules

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Homelessness dips in Santa Cruz, rises in Watsonville

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:54:54-07:00July 19, 2024|Tags: chronic homelessness, Featured, homelessness, Jesse Kathan, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County|

The 2024 point-in-time homeless census in four charts

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State report on homeless services calls for more accountability

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T16:59:21-07:00May 2, 2024|Tags: Featured, homelessness, housing, Jesse Kathan, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County|

Santa Cruz County leaders respond

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Rising homelessness in Watsonville prompts new strategies

By Jesse Kathan|2024-08-13T17:01:24-07:00March 26, 2024|Tags: Casey Clark, City of Watsonville, Featured, homelessness, housing, Jesse Kathan, Jimmy Dutra, Robert Ratner|

Union Street shelter set to close March 30

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Santa Cruz County leaders outline results of $23 million in homeless services spending

By Michael Warren Mott|2023-08-25T13:06:49-07:00August 25, 2023|Tags: homelessness, housing, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors|

Fewer services, more homeless in South County

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Report finds fewer homeless residents in Santa Cruz County

By Stephen Baxter|2024-05-10T13:19:42-07:00August 4, 2023|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, homelessness, housing, Robert Ratner|

Count shows uptick of homelessness in Watsonville

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Podcast: How homeless services money is spent in Santa Cruz County

By Stephen Baxter|2023-08-04T07:58:59-07:00August 2, 2023|Tags: homeless service money, homelessness, housing, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County, solutions to homelessness|

Key takeaways from our three-part investigation

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Podcast: How Santa Cruz County could solve chronic homelessness

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2022-05-03T09:49:42-07:00December 17, 2021|Tags: Bakersfield, Built for Zero, California Veterans Assistance Foundation, chronic homelessness, chronically homeless, City of Santa Cruz, Don Lane, emergency support, homeless camp Santa Cruz, Homeless Services Center, homeless youth, homelessness, housing, housing authority, Housing Choice voucher, Housing Matters, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Kern County, landlord, landlords, permanent housing, Phil Kramer, rental assistance, Robert Ratner, Santa Cruz County, security, solutions to homelessness, subletting, tenants, unhoused, urban development|

Lessons from Kern County’s success

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Shared data, goals in Santa Cruz County’s plan for homeless

By Stephen Baxter|2021-03-11T10:40:35-08:00March 10, 2021|Tags: Bruce McPherson, homeless, housing, Manu Koenig, Randy Morris, Robert Ratner, Ryan Coonerty, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Supervisors, Zach Friend|

Supervisors question county parks, other land for shelter and services

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Potential new rules ahead for homeless camps in Santa Cruz

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-03-11T10:40:38-08:00February 24, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Community Advisory Committee on Homelessness, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, Justin Cummings, Robert Ratner, Sandy Brown, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson|

Tents could be allowed in Moore Creek, Pogonip, Arana Gulch and DeLaveaga Park