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Santa Cruz County housing projects for homeless advance, Sheriff’s Office to launch data dashboard

By Stephen Baxter|2022-01-25T22:05:41-08:00January 25, 2022|Tags: affordable housing, City of Watsonville, homelessness, housing, Housing Matters, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Stephen Baxter, Watsonville Community Hospital|

Plus: Live Oak parking program killed, more Watsonville hospital money approved

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Santa Cruz County classrooms expected to stay open amid COVID surge

By Allison Gasparini|2022-01-24T12:18:19-08:00January 21, 2022|Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, education, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Santa Cruz health covid-19 covid coronavirus|

About 25% of students stayed home this week, county schools superintendent said

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Sheriff’s Office oversight advanced by Santa Cruz County supervisors

By Stephen Baxter|2022-01-11T19:54:36-08:00January 11, 2022|Tags: police, police reform, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Stephen Baxter|

Inspector general could review complaints, but some want advisory committee

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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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Independent oversight possible for Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office

By Patrick Riley|2021-12-10T15:34:55-08:00December 10, 2021|Tags: Capitola Police Department, City of Santa Cruz, Jim Hart, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Santa Cruz Police Department, Scotts Valley police, Scotts Valley Police Department, Watsonville Ad-Hoc Committee on Policing and Social Equity, Watsonville police, Zach Friend|

County supervisors, sheriff expected to collaborate in January

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Meeting Wednesday on proposed Live Oak medical complex

By Allison Gasparini|2021-11-03T08:55:27-07:00November 3, 2021|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, development, health, Manu Koenig, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, transportation|

Road improvements anticipated near Kaiser Permanente project

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Storm brings risk of debris flow, evacuations in Santa Cruz County burn zones

By Jesse Kathan|2021-10-21T22:17:12-07:00October 21, 2021|Tags: Ben Lomond, CZU August Lightning Complex Fire, Davenport, debris flow, San Lorenzo Valley, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, Swanton, wildfire|

Authorities ask residents to learn new zones ahead of rain, possible slides

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Rules loosened for in-law units in Santa Cruz County

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-03T14:11:53-07:00October 21, 2021|Tags: ADU, affordable housing, Davenport, development, Live Oak, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Stephen Baxter, Swanton|

Parking requirements draw some criticism

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Santa Cruz County power outages prompt call for investigation

By Santa Cruz Local|2021-09-25T00:28:11-07:00September 25, 2021|Tags: Capitola City Council, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, district elections, elections, homeless camp Santa Cruz, homelessness, Santa Cruz City Council, Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, Scotts Valley City Council, Watsonville City Council|

Plus: Proposed Pogonip farm to be discussed

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State aims to triple housing production in Santa Cruz, Monterey counties

By Kara Meyberg Guzman|2021-11-03T14:18:07-07:00September 3, 2021|Tags: affordable housing, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, City of Scotts Valley, City of Watsonville, housing, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz County|

Santa Cruz meets most building goals as Capitola, Scotts Valley lag

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Assemblymember Mark Stone explains votes on housing bills

By Stephen Baxter|2021-11-03T14:12:04-07:00August 27, 2021|Tags: affordable housing, housing, Mark Stone, Santa Cruz County, Stephen Baxter|

State representative from Santa Cruz County supports SB9, opposes SB10

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Young Santa Cruz County residents lag with vaccines

By Mallory Pickett|2021-08-24T18:31:47-07:00August 20, 2021|Tags: COVID vaccine, COVID-19, health, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, vaccine, vaccine rollout|

Lessons from Santa Clara County’s high vaccination rate