In a wide-ranging new survey of attitudes toward the economy, six in 10 residents said they expect California’s children to be worse off financially than their parents.
Housing
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Can Gavin Newsom use the pandemic to beat back homelessness?
“Project Homekey” could deliver in months what homelessness advocates have wanted for decades: a huge infusion of cash, and a way around cumbersome regulations. But the silver lining comes with a time limit.
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21 for ’21: Sibley Simon building a plan around affordability, homelessness
Sibley Simon, president of a nonprofit housing development company, is building 120 units of permanent supportive housing on the Housing Matters campus in Santa Cruz. It’s yet another step in his mission to achieve ‘functional zero’ on homelessness.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Watsonville nursing home sued by family of resident who died during COVID-19 outbreak
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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An evacuee’s tale: ‘The truth is, being home is hard’
Journalist Amber Turpin was forced from her Ben Lomond home after the wildfires struck. Returning there hasn’t been what she’d thought, but there are finally rays of hope.
Posted inEnvironment
As ‘mudslides on steroids’ threaten, Santa Cruz Mountain dwellers ponder new normal
Santa Cruz Mountain residents are bracing for more evacuations because of debris flows this winter, with potentially no end in sight to annual cycles of wildfires and heavy rains.
