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‘Beyond the Bridge’ Film Screening Explores How to Solve Homelessness in a Comprehensive Way
Housing Matters invites the community to attend Feb. 13th event at the Rio Theatre SANTA CRUZ, CA — January 22, Read More
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How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.
The California Supreme Court has kept the state at the forefront of legal issues surrounding abortion, the death penalty and same-sex marriage, starting in its earliest days in the Gold Rush era.
The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.
California has historically been ahead of the rest of the country in expanding the legal right to abortion services. Here’s what state laws say today, and how we got here.
Pushed by activists, cities move from at-large elections to district races.
One of 58 superior court systems in the state, here's how the Santa Cruz County courts work.
Santa Cruz’s civil grand jury promotes accountability in local government.
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More than four years after 21-year-old Tamario Smith died in Santa Cruz County Jail, the county and former Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart settled a lawsuit last month that included a $2.2 million payout to Smith’s parents and a denial of wrongdoing in his death.
A state-mandated Santa Cruz County court program started this month to connect services to some people with serious mental illnesses.
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The County of Santa Cruz has received an $8 million grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections Proposition 47 Grant Program to enhance mental health, substance use disorder and diversion services for individuals involved in the criminal justice system.
Several Santa Cruz County leaders, including Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Faris Sabbah, reaffirmed their support for immigrants Thursday in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential election.
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The County of Santa Cruz has begun installing surveillance cameras at key locations in unincorporated areas of the County to help prevent illegal dumping, a strategy to protect the environment and help keep Santa Cruz County clean.
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