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A New Year, a New Direction
It seems a fit time to start the New Year at the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, celebrating the return of the sun as the days lengthen in coming months. Even better, we get to cele...
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Plan could extend Downtown Santa Cruz toward beach.
Project will provide 35 units for ‘very low income’ households.
Other court cases stall student housing.
By M.C. Dwyer Santa Cruz County attracts home buyers from the greater San Francisco Bay Area, as our prices are relatively lower while our lifestyle is arguably better. The premium paid over asking price dropped overall from about 5.5% to …
SB 35 is one of California’s most important affordable housing laws. Here’s what it does, and a look at how well it’s working.
By M.C. Dwyer Defensible Space Inspections Under Assembly Bill 38, most property sellers in “High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones” must document that their property is in compliance with this new law. To find out if you are …
The city council's revised plan for the 'mixed-use library' project includes more affordable housing units and less parking stalls.
Council lauds revised designs, but ballot measure could sink project.
Building permit approval needed.
In which we ponder how to make things better in a climate of no.
WATSONVILLE—The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the construction of an 80-unit affordable housing complex between Atkinson Lane and Brewington Avenue that could break ground early next year. The project, a part of a multiphase development …
Mayor opposes plan because of traffic, service costs.
Design standards, mixed-use zones to be tackled at Wednesday meeting.
By M.C. Dwyer Last month, a group of us REALTORs was spurred into action when a unanimous vote of the County Board of Supervisors (“Board”) created the CZU Rebuild Directive. On its surface, the vote seemed positive for those who’d …
Homelessness series: Landlords’ questions answered about housing vouchers.
The 7th annual Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s “State of the Region” conference covered a wide range of topics from child care, to the COVID pandemic, to folding houses.
More than half of a Santa Cruz hotel houses UCSC grad students.
Parking requirements draw some criticism.
The short-term or ‘vacation’ rental industry spawns hundreds of horror stories and damages the housing market, but governments struggle with how to bring it under control.
A new study shows how Bay Area incomes have outrun home prices in most Bay Area counties. But not everyone is reaping the benefits.
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