An estimated 30 to 40 people were cleared from a Harvey West Park homeless encampment this week, an effort to be funded retroactively through a state grant.
Ahead of opening arguments in a far-reaching U.S. Supreme Court case Monday that would decide if it is unconstitutional for jurisdictions to criminally oust people from homeless encampments without shelter options, the city of Santa Cruz has been awarded a two-year $4 million state homeless encampment resolution grant.
After nearly four decades spent without stable housing, Lawrence "Blue" McGregor said he has been so grateful for his apartment that he has spent the past four months up before dawn, picking up trash downtown daily for his new community.
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The Santa Cruz City Council approved a motion at its meeting Tuesday to provide local aeronautical company, Joby Aviation, with a loan of $500,000 to establish an employment center and strengthen the company's relationship with the city of Santa Cruz.