Mahan is the ninth Democrat to enter the crowded race.

Applying for state homelessness funds “absolutely” feels different now than it did last year, and the state is asking tougher ...

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Santa Cruz County is bucking national trends, significantly reducing homelessness through sustained investment, coordination and compassion, writes Mer Stafford, the chair of the Coalition to End ...

Roxanne Wislon coordinates partnerships across governmental and nonprofit sectors by overseeing strategic initiatives ...

Politics / StudentNation / Proposition 33 could overturn the controversial Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which has limited rent control policies in the state for decades. Amber X. Chen and Maggie ...

GOV. GAVIN NEWSOM has threatened many times to withhold state homelessness funds from cities and counties that aren’t doing enough to get people off the ...

Over 200 volunteers in Santa Cruz County join a nationwide effort to count individuals and families experiencing homelessness, using an app to collect data for federal funding and local policy ...

Santa Cruz County forms SHIELD committee to support the county's immigrant population ...

Clearing the Coral Street encampment days before the point-in-time count won’t house anyone — it just hides the problem, writes Food Not Bombs founder Keith McHenry. By scattering unhoused people out ...

The effort aims to collect data on those living on the streets or in shelters so providers can gauge which demographic groups ...

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors discussed the Veterans Services Office, immigration enforcement and the quality of county roads.