With the March primary election result's technically not yet certified, authorities charged with addressing Santa Cruz County homelessness were before elected leaders Tuesday with a request to carve $1 million off Measure K's projected annual $10 million in sales taxes.
Santa Cruz county leaders unveiled their latest and largest affordable housing project of its kind in the county. The focus, offering permanent housing to some of the most vulnerable, unhoused people living in the community.
Dramatically bucking a national trend reflecting a 12% increase in homelessness, Santa Cruz County counted its smallest estimated unhoused population to date during its annual point-in-time count early this year.