Santa Cruz County Local News: Housing


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06/11/2024
On June 11, Solano County elections officials announced the verification of necessary signatures for the California Forever sponsored initiative to amend the county General Plan to be on the November ballot.

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06/06/2024
On June 6, the Solano Land Trust announced its opposition to the California Forever project to build a new community housing up to 400,000 people in the county.

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06/06/2024
A panel at the CalMatters Ideas Festival debates how to reduce homelessness without punishing poverty. There’s worry about a potential $1 billion cut in state funding.

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06/05/2024
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The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously approved a 48-unit housing project at the current site of the Food Bin and Herb Room on May 28 after the developer submitted plans for 59 units on the site.

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06/05/2024
The proposal for the 16-story 260-unit Clocktower Center housing development in Santa Cruz was presented on June 6.

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06/05/2024
On June 4, the City of Santa Cruz released a draft of the Downtown Plan Expansion project documents for public review.

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06/04/2024
Aptos High School building and construction trades program students recently completed construction of a 20-foot by 8-foot tiny home.

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05/31/2024
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The results are in: the City of Santa Cruz was the sole local government in Santa Cruz County to meet state targets for affordable housing over the past eight years.

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05/30/2024
These community projects can give renters and low-income homeowners a chance to go solar, but the PUC’s action is unlikely to give them the option.

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05/28/2024
In its May 28 meeting the Santa Cruz City Council approved plans to build a 5 story housing project on Mission Street, with a slight modification.

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05/24/2024
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There was a moment, about an hour and a half into City of Scotts Valley’s wildfire preparedness meeting May 14, when the stark reality of the current home insurance landscape in California came into focus.

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05/23/2024
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Nearly 300 people marched the streets of downtown Santa Cruz May 18 to help end homelessness.

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05/22/2024
UC Santa Cruz is developing housing for upper division undergraduate students and staff in the Delaware Addition on the Santa Cruz Westside.

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05/20/2024
On May 20, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the now-cleared site of the former downtown Santa Cruz Metro station to celebrate the beginning of construction of a new transit hub and 128-unit affordable apartment complex.

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05/17/2024
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As thousands of Santa Cruz County homeowners are losing home insurance, a state official and insurance professionals this week offered advice for finding, keeping and affording policies.

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05/17/2024
In its May 15 meeting, the City of Santa Cruz Planning Commission considered changes made to the five-story project and recommended approval by the City Council.

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05/16/2024
A case study of the impact of the California Housing and Community Development's pandemic Project Roomkey program in Santa Cruz County was released.

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05/14/2024
In the May 14 City Council meeting, the economic development department shared updated renderings of the library/housing/parking project at Cedar and Lincoln Streets, with construction to begin in early 2025.

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05/13/2024
The Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission has informed some residents of two mobile home parks in Live Oak of a need to move their units 1 to 4 feet due to encroachment over lot boundaries.

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05/09/2024
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At a community meeting Tuesday, developers unveiled plans for a three-story building that could bring 38 affordable homes to the Westside.

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