Q&A with the Santa Cruz City Council
Made up of seven locally elected representatives, the Santa Cruz City Council is the official legislative and policy-making body in town. City on a Hill Press asked the council members about the questions and concerns facing Santa Cruz residents, both in the city and on…
Post-Recall, City Council Responds to COVID-19
By Kora Fortun and Annemarie McGreehan The Santa Cruz County Clerk Office certified results from the March 3 election on April 7, and the recall of Santa Cruz City Council members Drew Glover and Chris Krohn passed. Fifty-one percent voted to recall Krohn, and 53…
Santa Cruz Faces Voting Rights Lawsuit
Santa Barbara-based Fargey Law firm served the City of Santa Cruz with a notice of violation (NOV) of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) on July 8 in an effort to implement district elections. A NOV informs an individual or body of a possible legal…
Santa Cruz Wavers Under Broken Trust
Over 200 community members and leaders gathered at City Hall on Tuesday night, and filled the room to maximum occupancy while others sat outside and viewed the meeting through glass windows or watched from other rooms via livestream broadcasting. Santa Cruz City Council ruled unanimously…
Q&A with City Council Candidates
City on a Hill Press hosted a forum for Santa Cruz City Council candidates at the Student Media Center to discuss university expansion, police accountability, housing and other issues affecting UC Santa Cruz students. Special thanks to Banana Slug News for filming the candidate’s answers….
‘Santa Cruz for Bernie’ on the Ballot
Just a few months ago, the small county of Santa Cruz generated a surprisingly large number. Fifty-nine percent of those who turned out in the California Democratic primary voted for Sen. Sanders, one of the largest margins in the state. Despite Sanders’ failure to win…
A Garden Gamble
By Georgia Johnson and Juan Cristian Villamil Santa Cruz Seaside Company offered to extend just under two-thirds of the Beach Flats community garden’s lease for another three years. The remaining 10,000 square feet excluded from the lease will be used by Seaside Company as a…
Fight Continues for Beach Flats Garden
By Keiera Bradley and Juan Cristian Villamil By 7 p.m., Santa Cruz City Hall was filled with about 100 Beach Flats community garden supporters wearing neon green shirts and handmade vegetable-shaped paper hats. The crowd was a mix of Beach Flats residents, UC Santa Cruz students and…
Last Week at City Council in Photos
By Casey Amaral and Stephen de Ropp About 100 people filled the Santa Cruz City Hall Chamber on Oct. 13 to voice their dissatisfaction with the upcoming closure of the Beach Flats Community Garden. The future of the garden is threatened by the property’s owner,…
A Community Uprooted
*A Spanish translation of this article will be posted soon. Photos by Jasper Lyons It’s 7:45 a.m., and Don Emilio’s sweat has already begun to bead on his brow. He wields a pink household broom, sweeping dirt into rows where young bean shoots are beginning to sprout….