The event on Sunday at Hotel Paradox in Santa Cruz allows community leaders and individuals with lived experience of homelessness and housing insecurity to share their stories.
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Housing Matters partners with local libraries for neighborhood meetings
Homelessness nonprofit Housing Matters is partnering with Santa Cruz Public Libraries for a series of free social-justice-oriented events in Watsonville, Santa Cruz and Capitola as part of a program called “Neighbors for Neighbors: At the Intersections.”
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Watsonville City Council denies second appeal against ‘tiny village’ homeless shelter project
The Watsonville City Council on Tuesday denied a second appeal filed by resident Catalina Torres asking councilmembers to rescind zoning approval of the 34-unit “tiny village” project intended to provide shelter for the unhoused on the property of Westview Presbyterian Church.
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Recurso de Fuerza: Watsonville council should vote yes on tiny homes project
MaríaElena De La Garza, chief executive officer of Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc., argues for Recurso De Fuerza, a tiny homes project set to build 32 units (34 beds) to help ease the unhoused crisis in Watsonville. The city council is due to vote on the project at its meeting Tuesday.
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How California homeless programs are helping people get fit and off the streets: ‘It’s the bike’
From biking in San Diego to running in San Francisco, these programs host workout groups specifically for homeless Californians.
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Bay Area city backs down after proposing on ban ‘aiding and abetting’ homeless encampments
The Fremont City Council has revised a new city camping ordinance, removing what had become a controversial clause that could have punished those “aiding and abetting” encampments.
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First-of-its kind court order halts sweep of California homeless camp
A recent order stopping Vallejo from clearing a homeless encampment appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on such encampments in California and beyond.
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Local housing, homeless service professionals want to work toward Housing First model. The main obstacle? Not enough housing
The Housing First model combats homelessness by getting people into housing first and providing basic necessities, setting them up for greater success in working on their own issues. Santa Cruz County housing professionals and homeless service providers say that while there is a will and interest to implement the model locally, there are big obstacles including funding and, most notably, housing.
Posted inWatsonville / Pajaro
Watsonville City Council to hear ‘tiny village’ appeal next month
On March 11, the Watsonville City Council is scheduled to hear the second appeal against the “tiny village” project filed by resident Catalina Torres in December. The project will provide shelter for homeless individuals living along the Pajaro River levee. Torres and other residents argue the shelter’s location — on the Westview Presbyterian Church property — will lead to more “homeless-related crimes” in the neighborhood.
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Newsom vows to pull funding from cities, counties that fail to decrease homelessness and encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that he was making additional money available for California counties and cities to address homelessness, with a caveat: You must be successful in solving the problem.
