Santa Cruz County leaders and health care partners broke ground on a new housing and wellness site. Today we put a shovel in the ground and say that Santa Cruz County goes forward together, said Manu Koenig, Santa Cruz County Supervisor. Construction is now started in Santa Cruz s Live Oak community. Dientes Community Dental, Mid Pen Housing, Santa Cruz Community Health, along with numerous donors such as Dominican Hospital, Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, broke ground on a health care and affordable housing campus. It s in a community where nearly 15% of Live Oak Elementary School students are homeless, 15,000 people don t have a doctor and 78% of adults on Medi-Cal are without a dentist. The new campus addresses those gaps. This will positively impact the community. And I m sure there will be no more social injustice. Since we all have the right to decent care and easier access, said Diana Valadez, Santa Cruz County Health Clinic patient and mother. We are taking all t