Santa Cruz County Housing Articles

Bienestar Apartments’ 57 affordable homes are nearly complete on the 1500 block of Capitola Road in Live Oak. The project is at left, behind Dientes Community Dental. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local) 
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A hotel in Hollywood is receiving more than twice it would get per room by renting to the city of Los Angeles rather than to long-term tenants.

Plus: Residents’ input wanted on climate adaptations for transit.

Speakers highlight laws that limited homes and potential fixes.

Capitola Mall, Capitola Road among areas targeted for redevelopment.

The message of the first report card on Scotts Valley’s draft Housing Element from the State: needs improvement. Scotts Valley must comply with the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s requirements by the end of the year in order …

County of Santa Cruz has launched a public-facing dashboard allowing the community to explore one of the major issues facing the community: housing costs and how they impact homelessness. Since 1980, the County has added 80,000 people but only 26,000 …

The group gathered almost double the required signatures for their petition

California’s COVID-era rent relief program, long saddled with delays, criticisms and legal woes, appears to be running out of money. What does that mean for the more than 100,000 renters still awaiting help?

Plus: Santa Cruz could require options to tip delivery drivers.

Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveils a plan to shore up the California insurance market for homeowners. Insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases.

Neighborhood group concerned about safety and parking.

Pushback on potential homes at former golf course.

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday took a close look at an upcoming update to the housing element of the county’s general plan, a move required of jurisdictions every eight years. Central to the update is the …

Why are some people so up in arms about CEQA? with Professor Deborah Sivas, Stanford Law School What do you know about CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act, passed in 1970 and signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan? For …

Housing for People is a grassroots citizens' initiative campaign. Keresha Durham, Susan Monheit, Frank Barron, and Candace Broen were interviewed in August of 2023 by host Len Beyea about their campaign, what the initiative would achieve if it qualifies for …

Scotts Valley Council members recently got a look at the City’s response to the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury report that was highly critical of the municipality’s failure to build its fair share of housing over the years, contributing …

Two different state courts have ruled recently that the human noise created by future tenants in housing projects are a form of pollution that cities must address. Lawmakers and the governor are working to reverse that novel interpretation of environmental …

Inflation, legal settlement puts squeeze on some tenants.

Three of the biggest housing bonds in state history are bound for the 2024 ballot. But with no shortage of crises facing the state, California can only borrow so much and voters may succumb to “bond fatigue.”