In the Public Interest Archives

In his weekly newsletter covering local politics & policy, Lookout correspondent Christopher Neely covers a pesticides case before a Monterey court, plus news and notes from around Santa Cruz County.

In the Public Interest

In the Public Interest: The lost summer: City scrambles to make it up to Seabright businesses

In the Public Interest: Behind Santa Cruz’s new national monument is a first-of-its-kind funding model that’s aiming to raise $2 million

In the Public Interest: A decision on ballot language could turn the campaigns for Santa Cruz’s ballot measures

In the Public Interest: Why special interests and big donors, not grassroots, will drive the money race in Santa Cruz’s housing measure election

In the Public Interest: Can our national monument survive growing efforts to sell public land?

In the Public Interest: Mobile home park residents lower their armor in rail trail fight, for now

In the Public Interest: A pesticides case that could have statewide reverberations

In the Public Interest: What’s in an RTC rail trail deadline?

In the Public Interest: The county’s generational shift deepens

In the Public Interest: A historic week begs the question: Who will take the reins?

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