Government Accountability Correspondent

Patrick Riley

Patrick Riley is Lookout Santa Cruz’s county government accountability reporter. He comes to Lookout from Florida, where he covered Collier County government for the Naples Daily News. Before that, he covered breaking news, cops, courts and the city of Bonita Springs, also for the Daily News.

He can be reached at patrick@lookoutlocal.com.

Patrick Riley

In six months on the job as director of Santa Cruz County’s new Housing for Health division, Dr. Robert Ratner has seen...

Although updating existing signage from Louden to London will take time, the downtown community center will officially...

A new program opens a free college savings account for every newborn in Santa Cruz County, and though the initial...

The 12-member Regional Transportation Commission board voted on two items that effectively will allow officials to study...

With a few suggestions, the five-member planning commission voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend that county...

Federal, state and local officials signed off Monday on a $7.1 million deal that allows engineers to start designing...

Santa Cruz County’s annual debt payments to state benefits agency CalPERS could reach $66.4 million by the end of this...

Santa Cruz County is mulling changes to its regulations for accessory dwelling units, sometimes called “granny flats.”...