City staff gave an update on the long-contested project that combines the new downtown branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, a parking garage and affordable housing, known as the Downtown Library and Affordable Housing Project, which may begin the first phase of construction in early 2025.
The Hook Outlet was given the green light to do business at the site of the former Emily's Bakery at 1129 Mission Street in Santa Cruz after an appeal opposing the dispensary was denied by the Santa Cruz City Council at its meeting Tuesday.
An attempt to impose a temporary emergency moratorium on the establishment of new cannabis businesses in the city of Santa Cruz by Mayor Fred Keeley and Santa Cruz Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson was withdrawn at the Santa Cruz City Council meeting Tuesday before a vote on the motion could be made.
A local homeless and housing rights activist has followed through on promises to appeal the renewal of the city's ban on overnight large-vehicle street parking.
The proposed six-story hotel project known as the Cruz Hotel on Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz will move forward after the Santa Cruz City Council approved the project at its meeting Tuesday.