On Nov. 4, the City of Santa Cruz will consider two tax initiatives: Measures B and C. Both would place new taxes on property ...

The Santa Cruz City Council unanimously voted to bolster its policy giving preference to city residents and local workers for ...

Costa Vista is expected to open in 2027 and provide housing for 240 UC Santa Cruz students and 375 Cabrillo students. Construction is starting on a new first-of-its-kind housing project that will ...

The City of Santa Cruz could strengthen its requirements for below-market rate housing to go to local residents and workers.

OPINION: Measure C might not be perfect, but it will create needed affordable housing in Santa Cruz, writes former Santa Cruz mayor and housing advocate Don Lane. He refutes a recent op-ed by resident ...

Since voters passed Measure O in 1979, Santa Cruz has required new developments to include affordable units — a policy strengthened in 2020 but still not enough to meet today’s crisis. Measure C ...

Two competing housing measures are on the ballot this election. Both propose using property tax revenue for affordable ...

"Wait and see is not a strategy our community should tolerate any longer," writes Don Lane in a Guest Commentary. "I don’t want to wait and see how many more working people will leave or struggle or ...

Sausalito voters will decide this fall whether future upzonings required to meet state housing mandates should be subject to ...

The University of California, Santa Cruz, is planning to add 64 units to its housing inventory this summer with the anticipated purchase of an apartment complex that is adjacent to the campus’s main ...

On Tuesday morning, staff from Housing Matters – a nonprofit that provides services for people experiencing homelessness – ...

Harvey West Studios, a new transitional housing center in Santa Cruz County, is expected to open next summer, offering 120 ...