Letter to the Editor

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Measure O proponents claim to support affordable housing, but facts say otherwise. First, O will kill 124 permanently affordable homes already approved for construction with the new library in downtown Santa Cruz. Second, according to […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: It is always baffling when self-proclaimed Democrats oppose wealth taxes. Fred Keeley, who has been a loud and proud Democrat for years, recently told Lookout that he plans to vote no on Measure N, a […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: What is absent from our Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors is an African American renter with a PhD. Justin Cummings is one of the most astute, articulate and compassionate councilmembers in our city’s history. […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: As a homeowner and landlord in Santa Cruz for the past 12 years, I have seen rental prices skyrocket such that many of my friends who must rent simply can no longer afford. This has […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: One of our favorite things about owning businesses in downtown Santa Cruz is that the majority of local stores are owned by women and mothers. In fact, all three of us have raised our families […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Thank you for your Oct. 3 article on pesticides. I was present at the CORA event with T. S. MacQuiddy Elementary School and Driscoll’s. It made me so sad to see the children with leukemia, […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: In the wealthiest country, in one of the most expensive places to live, why can’t we guarantee that everyone has a place to live? With all this abundance, what is preventing it from being shared? […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: It is unthinkable that the Garfield church could ever be demolished as is planned and approved. What a loss for the neighborhood. We know the building itself has no historical significance, but that site certainly […]