Posts By Jacob Pierce
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575California NewsMomentum Continues to Build Behind the Live Oaks Affordable Housing Project
Each chosen applicant will partner, helping to build their own home
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1.7K1NewsWho Really Supports Affordable Housing in Downtown Santa Cruz?
Mixed-use library project continues to deepen divide in progressive politics
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1.2KCalifornia NewsSanta Cruz County’s Ongoing Fight Over Affordability, Small Housing Units
Coastal Commission and local governments tangle in regulations
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2.3K5Cover StoriesHow Does Santa Cruz View Police Chief Andy Mills?
On the four-year anniversary of his hiring, a look at what has and hasn’t changed under the charismatic SCPD leader
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2.3KCalifornia NewsNew Report Shows Santa Cruz County’s Demographic Division
State of the Workforce highlights a number of disparities between north and south
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1.7KNewsSanta Cruz Councilmember First to Jump Into Supe Race
Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson will run to replace County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty
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1.4KNewsNonprofits Renew Pitch for Small, Affordable Housing
Groups are touting the benefits of building more ADUs and backyard housing
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2.2K7NewsKPIG Radio Legend Laurie Roberts, a Music History Buff, Dies
Roberts' career earned an induction into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame
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1.9K1NewsEight Homeless Houses in Need of New Santa Cruz County Home
Homes stand in way of new housing complex, as shelter landscape remains in flux
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1.5K6NewsSeven Potential Candidates Mull Santa Cruz County Supervisor Race
Few have ruled out bid for Ryan Coonerty's 3rd District seat
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1.8K1NewsExclusive: Why Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty Won’t Run for Reelection
Reeling from a difficult year, 3rd District supe says county deserves more diverse representation
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1.3K6NewsHow Santa Cruz Neighborhoods Are Organizing on Homelessness
City retooling ordinance to regulate when and where people may sleep
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1.6K2NewsWhy Experts Are Changing How They Talk About Homelessness
What’s wrong with the old ways of discussing “the homeless?”
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2.7K6NewsTen Big Ideas for What to Do About Santa Cruz’s Homeless Crisis
How to reduce suffering and end a decades-long problem, according to experts
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3.2K7Cover StoriesCan Santa Cruz Find a Path to Solving the Homeless Crisis?
New camping ordinances and housing-first focus among current tactics
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1.9K3NewsWill Coastal Commission Block Affordable Housing in Santa Cruz?
Coastal Commission staff is studying four housing projects, as delays pile up
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1.6KCalifornia NewsJimmy Panetta on Impeaching Trump Twice and Threats to Democracy
Letter from El Salvador highlights the stakes for U.S. democracy
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1.3KNewsSanta Cruz Diversity Center’s Sharon Papo Steps Down
Announcement follows court victory against Trump administration
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1.4K6NewsSanta Cruz Still Doesn’t Know How to Talk About the Rail Trail
People choose which questions to ask after deciding how they feel
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3.7K2Cover StoriesThe 50 Very Santa Cruz Things That Got Us Through 2020
Paying tribute to the amazing people, places and events in Santa Cruz County
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2.5K8NewsSanta Cruz Retreats from Homeless Sweep as Protesters Push Back
City manager wants homeless out of San Lorenzo Park by Jan. 6
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2.0K1CoronavirusWith Increasing Need, Food Banks Worry About Food Insecurity
Need for food assistance is rising amid pandemic and economic crisis
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1.7KNewsSanta Cruz County Homeless Memorial Honors 77 Who Died
City announces closure of San Lorenzo Park starting Jan. 6
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1.8KCoronavirusCovid-19 Closes Santa Cruz County Businesses; ICUs Ready for Surge
Economic council leader hopes governor knows what he’s doing
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2.3K1NewsSanta Cruz’s Homeless Die Much Younger Than Everyone Else. Why?
Community mourns a leader as annual homeless memorial nears
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1.9KNewsUCSC Chancellor Cindy Larive on Housing, Pandemic, and Research
2020 was full of learning for new university leader
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2.0K10NewsBookshop Santa Cruz Employees Consider Forming Union
Owner Casey Coonerty Protti says notice comes at a tough time for local store
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1.8KEnvironmentActivists Hang Banner Calling for Climate Action on River Street Sign
Saturday marks five-year anniversary of climate treaty, which U.S. could return to
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3.7K8Cover StoriesWhat’s Going on With the Santa Cruz County Jail?
One week after Covid-19 outbreak, a look at inmate deaths and other controversies at the county’s main correctional facility
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Do Changes to Santa Cruz’s Order of Mayors Really Matter?
Donna Meyers, Sonja Brunner ready to assume leadership roles
