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Santa Cruz Homeless Facility Project Nears Construction
04/04/2025Work will soon begin on a 32-bed transitional homeless center on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz.
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CA Lawmakers Seek to Change CEQA (Again)
03/28/2025A handful of legislators rallied near the state Capitol Thursday to promote what they’re calling an “extremely unsexy,” but important, bipartisan bill package intended to put California’s housing development into overdrive.
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A rendering shows a proposed apartment building with 63 homes in Live Oak, as seen from Grey Seal Road. (Workbench)
LIVE OAK >> Developers at Workbench presented a revised proposal for a five-story, 63-unit apartment building at 841 Capitola Road …
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New state rules force home insurers to write a greater share of their policies in fire prone areas like Santa Cruz County. (TR Dreszer)
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A 90-unit, below-market-rate apartment complex is proposed at 525 Water St., Santa Cruz. (Hochhauser Blatter Associates)
SANTA CRUZ >> Neighbors on Wednesday night got a first glimpse at new designs for a five-story affordable housing complex proposed at a former …
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A proposed housing complex at 831 Almar Ave. would have 144 units. A four-story building shown is now proposed to be two stories. (Workbench)
SANTA CRUZ >> Details of a proposed 144-unit apartment complex at 831 Almar Ave. in Santa …
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A tiny home development for 34 homeless people slated for the parking lot of Westview Presbyterian Church in Watsonville can move forward after the City Council on Tuesday denied an appeal by a neighbors’ group that has been battling the …
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The Circle Church was demolished in April 2024, and its 1.62-acre lot remains vacant this week as city staff await design permit applications. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local)
SANTA CRUZ >> Nearly five years since the Santa Cruz City …
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In Watsonville, we see the human cost of California's housing crisis every day. As homelessness rises, we face a critical choice: continue with inadequate approaches or embrace innovative solutions reflecting our values of compassion and dignity for all.
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A proposal for the 900 block of Ocean Street next to Marianne’s Ice Cream includes 389 homes on 4.15 acres. (High Street No. Cal. Development Inc.)
Santa Cruz Planning Commission meeting
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A rendering shows a proposed housing project on Cabrillo College’s Aptos campus. (Cabrillo College)
Community meeting on Cabrillo housing
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The Santa Cruz City Council in May 2024. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)
Santa Cruz City Council meeting
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