Director of Community Development Lee Butler said the approval allows the city to enforce the ordinance for five years, rather than one, before it needs to renew the coastal development permit again. He said staff made this decision in coordination with the California Coastal Commission to provide the city more time to make adjustments and address issues that will inevitably come up.
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CHP says UC Santa Cruz transit service ‘imminent danger to public safety’ after shuttle inspections
The California Highway Patrol classified UC Santa Cruz’s transit service as an “imminent danger to public safety” after conducting inspections in the wake of December’s bus crash on campus. UCSC officials say they’re making improvements.
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Santa Cruz planning commission mulls renewing city’s oversized vehicle ordinance permit Thursday
If the planning commission approves the permit at its meeting Thursday night, the City of Santa Cruz will have more than three months to address any appeals that may be filed between Thursday and May 11, when the existing permit is set to expire.
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Santa Cruz Metro floats plan to take over UCSC campus loop bus service
As UC Santa Cruz faces increasing pressure from students and union workers to improve its bus system, campus and Santa Cruz Metro officials say they’re in talks to do just that. Outgoing Metro CEO Michael Tree says the talks are very preliminary for Metro to take over the campus loop buses.
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UCSC plan to scrap housing priority process for a lottery raises alarm among students
Many UC Santa Cruz students are concerned they won’t get on-campus housing next year after officials eliminated its priority-based housing selection process. Campus officials say students shouldn’t lose hope.
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‘Books shouldn’t gather dust’: Chef David Kinch to sell personal culinary library at Bad Animal
World-renowned chef and Santa Cruz resident David Kinch will sell his personal collection of culinary books at downtown’s Bad Animal on Feb. 3 and Feb. 4.
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Santa Cruz City Council votes to cut down 120-foot downtown redwood tree
A 120-foot redwood tree at the corner of Walnut Avenue and Lincoln Street will meet its end after the Santa Cruz City Council voted to chop it down. The decision didn’t come without some sparks, however.
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More than a month in, how has Santa Cruz’s oversized vehicle ordinance gone so far?
The City of Santa Cruz has handed out more than 200 citations as part of its controversial overnight parking ban, which took effect Dec. 4. City staff say everyone seeking overnight safe parking has been able to access the program, but homeless service providers and ordinance opponents remained concerned about the law’s wider implications.
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Santa Cruz group brings a keen eye to the highest aspirations of fine-art photography
Pixel Printers of Santa Cruz represent eight fine-art local photographers all focused on emphasizing the power of the image as printed on paper. The Pixels’ new group show opens Friday at the R. Blitzer Gallery.
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Former Olympian, acclaimed swim coach Richard Thornton died of accidental drowning
Legendary Bay Area coach Richard Thornton’s Jan. 4 death at The Hook in Pleasure Point has been ruled an accidental drowning, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. He was 65.