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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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253 below-market-rate homes on tap in Soquel

By Tyler Maldonado|2025-09-04T17:59:26-07:00September 4, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, housing element, Soquel|

Construction expected to begin January 2026

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Updates on 5 housing proposals in Live Oak, Soquel

By Jesse Kathan|2025-07-03T18:13:53-07:00July 3, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, below market rate housing, Featured, housing, Jesse Kathan, Live Oak, Soquel, Workbench|

Hundreds of new homes expected

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Soquel mobile home park owners seek 100 apartment redevelopment

By Jesse Kathan|2025-07-03T11:06:00-07:00July 2, 2025|Tags: affordable housing, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, housing, Jenny Panetta, Jesse Kathan, Live Oak, manufactured homes, mobile home park, mobile homes, Nick Ubaldi, RVs, Santa Cruz County Planning Commission, Soquel|

Santa Cruz County Planning Commission approval needed

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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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Major water project to finish in Soquel, Aptos, Capitola

By Jesse Greenspan|2025-02-27T09:50:07-08:00February 20, 2025|Tags: aquifers, City of Capitola, City of Santa Cruz, climate change, environment, Featured, Jesse Greenspan, Live Oak, Pure Water Soquel, Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility, Soquel, water|

Recycled wastewater to replenish groundwater basin

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Soquel Drive bike lane project continues in Aptos, Soquel, Live Oak

By Jesse Kathan|2025-05-01T10:34:55-07:00November 25, 2024|Tags: Aptos, bicycle, bike lanes, City of Santa Cruz, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, Jesse Kathan, Live Oak, pedestrian, Soquel, transportation|

County hopes to finish project in spring

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Park Ave. Soquel housing project on track, developer says

By Jesse Kathan and Nik Altenberg|2024-09-03T11:47:26-07:00September 3, 2024|Tags: affordable housing, Featured, homelessness, housing, Jesse Kathan, Nik Altenberg, Project Homekey, Soquel|

Construction expected to finish in early 2025

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Central Fire’s $221 million bond measure, explained

By Jesse Kathan|2024-10-16T23:20:57-07:00August 26, 2024|Tags: Aptos, Central Fire District, Featured, Jesse Kathan, La Selva Beach, Live Oak, Soquel|

Money needed to replace aging fire stations, buy new engines, chief says

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New housing projects in Aptos, Freedom, Santa Cruz

By Stephen Baxter and Nik Altenberg|2024-08-13T17:01:58-07:00March 18, 2024|Tags: cannabis, County of Santa Cruz, Featured, health, housing, March 5 2024 election, Nik Altenberg, Scotts Valley City Council, Soquel, Stephen Baxter|

Plus: County supervisors seek feedback on cannabis laws

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Aptos, South County voters rank transportation and housing as top concerns

By Natalya Dreszer|2026-04-17T13:10:23-07:00December 1, 2023|Tags: City of Capitola, Community Engagement, elections, housing, Live Oak, March 5 2023 election, Natalya Dreszer, Soquel, Zach Friend|

Survey results from Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 2

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Live Oak, Soquel voters rank housing as top concern

By Natalya Dreszer|2023-11-17T13:14:15-08:00November 17, 2023|Tags: City of Capitola, elections, housing, Live Oak, Manu Koenig, March 5 2023 election, Natalya Dreszer, Soquel|

Survey results from Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 1