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WEBSep 6, 2024 · Find fair, accurate and nonpartisan news about Santa Cruz County government, housing, environment and health. Read the latest stories on housing proposals, water rates, fire recovery, school board races and more.
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WEBOct 1, 2021 · Santa Cruz Local is a news website that covers local government, housing, homelessness and other topics in Santa Cruz County. Read the latest newsletter issue for Oct. 3, including a guide to local government, a story on homelessness and a county supervisors meeting.
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What triggers a homeless camp sweep in Santa Cruz County?
WEB3 days ago · SANTA CRUZ >> While outreach and public health are supposed to guide how authorities deal with homeless camps, unhoused residents and their advocates have said the rules are enforced unevenly and arbitrarily throughout Santa Cruz County. “There is a huge variety in policy,” said Athena Flannery, a member of Santa Cruz-based Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom, during a June meeting ...
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Santa Cruz plan for unhoused includes shelters and county …
WEBHousing Matters CEO Phil Kramer gives a tour of the Santa Cruz-based nonprofit group’s Pallet Shelters in May 2020. The City of Santa Cruz’s new Homelessness Response …
Santa Cruz City Council approves two district maps
WEBMay 24, 2022 · Find out the latest updates on district elections, library projects and ballot measures affecting Santa Cruz residents. The council voted on two maps for city council districts, financial impact reports for initiatives and a new library location.
Santa Cruz reaches housing goals while county, other cities fail
WEBMay 31, 2024 · State housing goals. Every eight years, the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments sets a Regional Housing Need Allocation, or housing production target, for local governments across Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.Those targets include homes priced for low-income renters as defined by state-set income limits.Cities and counties that don’t make enough progress on those goals can lose ...