Three Santa Cruz Hotels Contracted for Houseless Isolation
On April 3, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Project Roomkey, a statewide initiative aimed at securing up to 15,000 hotel rooms for houseless individuals. The state acquired 12,603 rooms and 1,200 trailers as of April 29. “This is something that’s going on all over the place,…
Despite Council Vote, Food Not Bombs Continues Providing Meals
Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, Food Not Bombs (FNB) only provided meals to the houseless community on weekends. Since Santa Cruz’s shelter in place order began on March 17, FNB has served about 100 houseless individuals for over 50 consecutive days. “The thing that’s very…
Fifteen Reports of Zoom Bombing at UCSC, 8 Open Investigations
Written by Hannah Finley and Haneen Zain As spring quarter kicked off, a number of UC Santa Cruz’s virtual classrooms were bombarded with racist, sexist and pornographic disruptions. These interruptions, known as “Zoom bombings,” have cropped up across the country, putting Zoom’s security into question. …
Weekly Briefing: Shelter in Place Order extended, UC eases admissions, UCSC launches COVID-19 Slug Support campaign, on-campus housing condensed
As of April 1 at 2 p.m., there are 54 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death resulting from the virus in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz Extends Shelter in Place Order Following the lead of other Bay Area counties, on March 31 Santa Cruz…
Santa Cruz County Confirms First Death due to COVID-19
As of 1 p.m. on March 29, there are 44 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one death resulting from the virus in Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency announced the county’s first COVID-19-related death on March 29. According to a county…
Food Not Bombs Provides Shelter to 180 Houseless Residents
As of March 26 at 3 p.m., there are 32 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Cruz County. There are over 1,000 houseless residents in Santa Cruz. Unhoused and unprotected, they are some of the most vulnerable to COVID-19. The City of Santa Cruz cleared…
Results of Recall Election Too Close to Call
After a months-long campaign, the effort to recall Santa Cruz City council members Drew Glover and Chris Krohn is projected to pass. At time of press, 7,250 voted in favor of recalling Glover and 5,589 were opposed. There were 6,910 votes in favor of recalling…
Projected Santa Cruz County Measure Results
These are the projected results of Santa Cruz County measures and Proposition 13. For more information on each measure and Proposition 13, read City on a Hill Press’s guide. The county clerk’s office stated votes will not be updated until the afternoon of March 6….
March 3 Measure and Proposition Guide
By Alex Dodd and Haneen Zain Measure R Measure R would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $274,100,000 to repair and upgrade classrooms at Cabrillo College through a one-time purchasing tax on property in Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. Measure T…
Recall Spearheaded by Outside Forces
Santa Cruz United (SCU) began its recall campaign in May 2019. Organizers marketed themselves as a grassroots campaign with the intention of removing City Council members Chris Krohn and Drew Glover from office. SCU grounded its campaign on the claims that Krohn and Glover created an…