Sweeps Stopped: Judge Rules in favor of Homeless Union in Encampment Evictions
After two weeks of a temporary restraining order halting any attempts to clear the houseless encampment in the San Lorenzo Park, Judge Susan van Keulen ruled in favor of the Santa Cruz Homeless Union on Jan. 20. The preliminary injunction, granted by Judge van Kuelen,…
Following Protests, Judge Extends Restraining Order Against Houseless Encampment Evictions
[UPDATE, Jan. 13: Judge Susan van Keulen extended a temporary restraining order against the City of Santa Cruz, keeping houseless encampments at San Lorenzo Park open through Jan. 20 as residents await the final ruling. The motion was announced on Jan. 12, a day before…
Benchlands to Golflands: Temporary Housing Encampment Moves Across Town
This is a follow up to a CHP story published about the closing of the Benchlands encampment on Oct. 29. Winding up an isolated road through the De Laveaga golf course, down a smaller fork, through a gated, barbed wire fence, and behind the National…
Benchlands Houseless Camp to Close November 15
The Benchlands houseless camp is set to close Nov. 15 due to its location on a floodplain. City officials currently do not have an alternative location to shelter approximately 70 residents. Outside the chain-link fence at the Benchlands camp is an eight-square-foot plot of dirt,…
Building Community: Mutual Aid Funds in Santa Cruz County
Volunteer run mutual aid funds have been making waves throughout the country since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about what mutual aid funds in Santa Cruz are doing to build community amid COVID and the CZU lightning fires.