Party Like a Slug
Picture this — you and your friends decide to celebrate the end of midterms by going out for the night. Shots are taken, Ubers are called and off you go. Once at the party, the music pumps as you dance with two friends from your…
Tampons are Not a Luxury. Period.
If candy and Viagra are considered basic necessities in the California Revenue and Taxation Code, pads and tampons should be too. In early May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a plan to exempt menstrual hygiene products and diapers from sales tax for five years. Many…
Millennials: Fighting For Change or Failing to Turn Out?
Home is a confusing thing when you’re a college student. Is it where you grew up? Where your college is located? A little bit of both? With that all taken into account, where should your opinions matter? College students have the potential to influence elections….
Editors’ Note Regarding Candidate Forum
In the print edition of the article “Candidates Gather for On-Campus Forum,” City on a Hill Press mischaracterized the effects of an amendment to Measure O. It did so in a text box connected to Candidate Donna Meyers’ response to a question regarding the amendment….
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…
The Who of the Housing Crisis
Jane Eng paid $650 a month for a one-bedroom cottage in Live Oak in 1990 when she first moved to Santa Cruz. Her wages increased 40 percent since then, and her overall rent increased by 450 percent. She now pays almost $3,000 a month for…
Accessible Voting in Santa Cruz
Every voter knows that feeling you get after you cast a ballot — that swell of pride, the uncontainable joy of slapping on an “I Voted” sticker and having everyone you pass notice that star-spangled icon of civic engagement. But when stickers aren’t incentive enough,…
Environmental Policies to Watch
In the upcoming election, voters will have the ability to impact the outcomes of several bills and programs affecting the state and country’s environmental policies moving forward. Here’s a breakdown of local and national bills and propositions and how the election could affect them. California’s…
Elevator Inspection Process Lags, DRC Students Affected
The McHenry Library elevator inspection permits expired in May 2017. It’s the same story for a majority of campus elevators. Units in the Science and Engineering Library expired in July. Earth and Marine Sciences Building and Humanities I and II units expired in April. For…