Candidates Gather for On-Campus Forum
In the print edition of this article, City on a Hill Press mischaracterized the effects of an amendment to Measure O. The decrease in the affordable housing requirement was applied to areas outside of downtown Santa Cruz, not downtown itself. The downtown requirement is unchanged. City...
Big Money in Small Races
The Supreme Court rendered limits on individual campaign contributions unconstitutional in Citizens United eight years ago, and the effects are being felt today at the local level in Santa Cruz. While conversations about political spending largely focus on national and state races, the influence of...
Veterans Threatened with Eviction Notice
Two disabled veterans living in an apartment complex at 526 and 528 California Ave. received eviction notices when the property was purchased by a new landlord, Dan Decker. The notices were given to every tenant on the premises on housing assistance, demanding they leave by...
Measure O Amended by Council Motion
In a quiet and sparsely attended afternoon session on Sept. 25, Santa Cruz City Council made a motion to dramatically amend the text of Measure O — the affordable housing mandate for newly constructed housing units within the city of Santa Cruz. “It was a...
Barriers to Construction
On any given night across the state of California about 114,000 people, enough to fill the Kaiser Permanente Arena to capacity more than fifty times over, experience houselessness. While California is home to 12 percent of the nation’s population, the state disproportionately accounts for nearly...
City Holds Interactive Forum on Housing Development
About 90 community members walked the halls of the Louden Nelson Community Center on May 15 as they went freely from room to room during a forum on planned developments in Santa Cruz’s downtown area. City Council structured the forum to facilitate feedback from community...
Public Hearing of SHW Report Draws Criticism
Students, faculty, alumni and community members alike gathered at Hotel Paradox to once again voice their objections and concerns with the development of Student Housing West (SHW) at a public hearing of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). While each of these groups tended to give...
Next Step Toward Transitional Housing
Santa Cruz City Council is reviewing four potential sites for the next phase of the transitional housing camp, replacing the current site at 1220 River St. The locations are all on publicly owned land, including the former winter shelter at the California National Guard Armory...
RAs Required to Work in Dining Halls During Strike
In anticipation of campus closures in early May due to protests, UC Santa Cruz’s College Housing and Educational Services (CHES) sent a directive to resident assistants (RA) from Porter, Kresge, Crown, Merrill and Colleges Nine and Ten requiring them to staff the dining halls. On...
East Meadow to be Developed
Students, alumni and faculty all confronted UC Santa Cruz administrators and a Capstone Development representative with a multitude of concerns with the Long-Range Development Plan (LRDP) and Student Housing West (SHW) at the Stevenson Event Center Monday evening. Of particular concern was the announcement of...