Campaign finance disclosure statements for measures and offices on the city of Santa Cruz’s March ballot were recently published, and showed that real estate developers and contractors made the largest contributors to the campaign opposing Measure M while the group supporting Measure M received the majority of its donations from Santa Cruz residents.
"Measure M is about direct democracy," writes Susan Monheit in a Guest Commentary. "Your voice being heard above those of profit-driven developers who have the city’s ear. Measure M gives you, the voter, a channel for input that is respected and counted before neighborhoods including yours can be up-zoned to build unnecessary high-rise development that exceeds current building height limits."
You can sense it in the ubiquitous “Help Wanted” posters in artsy shops and restaurants, in the ranks of university students living out of their cars and in the outsize
You can sense it in the ubiquitous "Help Wanted" posters in artsy shops and restaurants, in the ranks of university students living out of their cars and in the outsize
Santa Cruz leaders say downtown high-rises would ease housing costs. Activists call the plan 'out of character' for the laid-back beach town and are fighting new construction.