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Developer backs out of 389 apartments on Ocean St. in Santa Cruz

By Jesse Greenspan|2025-07-24T14:51:16-07:00July 24, 2025|Tags: 908 Ocean St., City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jesse Greenspan, Ocean Street|

Landowner searches for options

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6-story Mission St. apartments to be weighed by Santa Cruz Planning Commission

By Tyler Maldonado|2025-07-16T14:51:35-07:00July 16, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Mission Street, Santa Cruz Planning Commission, Westside|

Developer eyes UCSC students for 67-unit building

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6-story housing approved at 530 Ocean St. in Santa Cruz

By Jesse Kathan|2025-06-25T15:44:17-07:00June 25, 2025|Tags: Central Park, City of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Ocean Street, Santa Cruz City Council|

State law again limits local decisions

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Passenger rail input wanted in Santa Cruz, Watsonville

By Stephen Baxter|2025-06-24T12:15:39-07:00June 24, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, Featured, passenger rail, rail, rail trail, Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, Stephen Baxter, train, transportation|

Feedback wanted by Aug. 15

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Housing Matters aims to buy Soquel Ave. motel with city, county aid

By Jesse Kathan|2025-06-20T16:44:23-07:00June 20, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, homeless, homelessness, housing, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz County Supervsiors|

Santa Cruz Inn could provide housing for homeless

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Santa Cruz harbor bridge to close Monday for 7 months

By Stephen Baxter|2025-06-20T14:53:53-07:00June 20, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Featured, Live Oak, Murray Street bridge, Santa Cruz harbor, Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, Stephen Baxter, transportation|

Shutdown set through January

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Are market-rate apartments sitting empty in Downtown Santa Cruz?

By Jesse Kathan|2025-06-18T14:24:58-07:00June 18, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, apartments, below market rate housing, City of Santa Cruz, construction, developers, development, downtown Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Owen Lawlor, vacancies|

15% vacancy at Pacific and Laurel apartments

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Photos: Anti-Trump protest draws more than 10,000 in Santa Cruz

By Nik Altenberg|2025-06-14T18:41:15-07:00June 14, 2025|Tags: Boulder Creek, City of Santa Cruz, City of Watsonville, demonstrations, Donald Trump, Featured, federal government, immigration, military, Nik Altenberg, protests|

Hundreds gather at Watsonville 'No Kings' rally

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Clocktower housing project advances, developer considers lawsuit

By Jesse Kathan|2025-06-06T12:51:12-07:00June 6, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Clay Toombs, Clocktower, downtown Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz Planning Commission, Tim Gordin, Tony Condotti, Town Clock, Workbench|

Planning commission denies balcony sizes

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Balcony design could sink 8-story Clocktower project

By Nik Altenberg|2025-06-06T11:21:43-07:00June 2, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Clay Toombs, Featured, housing, Nik Altenberg, Samantha Haschert, Santa Cruz Planning Commission, Tim Gordin, Workbench|

Developer, city staff spar over encroachment into public space

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June 4 meeting on 8-story housing proposal in Santa Cruz

By Tyler Maldonado|2025-05-30T13:21:50-07:00May 27, 2025|Tags: 201 Front St., Ace Hardware, City of Santa Cruz, development, downtown expansion plan, downtown Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, South of Laurel|

Downtown Ace Hardware could become 245 apartments

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Draft Santa Cruz city budget adds staff, foresees deficit

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-23T18:41:48-07:00May 24, 2025|Tags: budget, City of Santa Cruz, Featured, Fred Keeley, Jesse Kathan, Santa Cruz City Council|

Budget meetings May 26 and 27