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Posted inHousing & Development
‘A costly mistake’ or still moving forward? After council rejection, future of 831 Water St. remains in flux
While the fate of Santa Cruz’s first SB 35 project could be legal entanglements for the city, there are signs that the developer might be working to satisfy the concerns raised by the city council on Tuesday.
Posted inCity Life
BOLO Best Bets: Open Studios’ final weekend; local music and writing talent in the spotlight
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Pivot’s latest pivot: Uniquely Santa Cruz fashion event lands at the Tannery
Pivot: The Art of Fashion has found homes at the Rio, the Wrigley Building and, last year, on a screen, and this year the high-profile Santa Cruz fashion show and performance-art showcase moves outdoors at the Tannery and adds other live elements.
Posted inCoast Life
Hearts full for an empty homes tax: Santa Cruz set to follow path of other ‘second home’ destinations
In order to put more money toward affordable housing solutions, advocates want to follow steps taken by voters in Oakland and Vancouver by taxing homeowners who do not live in their homes for at minimum 120 days per year.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Cannabis for kids: Santa Cruz residents have chance to make children’s fund permanent in Nov. 2 election
Measure A would nearly double the amount flowing from the city’s cannabis business tax to the fund dedicated to childhood development programs, and would insulate it from possible future elimination in a city council vote by writing it into the city charter.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Is downtown’s first hotel in nearly a century Cruz’n into town? What we know about the hot-button project
There are steps left to take if supporters of the for-now-called Cruz Hotel project are to get past loud opposition and become part of the overhaul of lower Pacific Avenue and the riverfront zone. It is one of six projects slated to be at least six stories in a downtown with few buildings that tall.
Posted inHousing & Development
‘There needs to be collective ownership’: City’s new homelessness point person on work, solutions
Santa Cruz officials named Larry Imwalle the city’s new homelessness response manager Oct. 5. As he get into the job, he spoke to Lookout about what he thinks needs to be done to address the issue at both the government and community levels.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Police Chief Andy Mills saying farewell to the ‘jewel’ that is Santa Cruz: ‘This is just an amazing city’
After four years leading the Santa Cruz Police Department, Chief Andy Mills is moving closer to his grandchildren in San Diego by taking the job of chief in Palm Springs.
Posted inPolitics & Policy
‘We hope people will listen’: Tribal leader talks Cabrillo, mission bells and a culture ‘brutally destroyed’
With the annual celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, it’s a good time to recall and reflect upon why Native Americans feel so strongly about changing the celebrations of colonial history. Amah Mutsun Tribal Band leader Valentin Lopez talked to Lookout about his thoughts on mission bells, Cabrillo College and more.