Jacob Pierce
News Editor
News Editor
Being homeless poses huge daily health risks, and Santa Cruz, California offers no exception.
Community mourns a leader as annual homeless memorial nears.
The city and county’s managed camp is working—but its impact is limited, and its time may be ending.
Coastal Watershed Council leader on Santa Cruz’s homeless impacts.
How the massive CZU Lightning Complex fire could have lasting impacts on housing and homelessness.
A look inside an expanded syringe program and a new camp.
A pandemic, a shift in homeless services and two new reports.
Amid the pandemic, changes to the county’s needle exchange programs are on hold.
A reporter sets out to explore Santa Cruz County's persistent homelessness crisis and the health risks it poses to both those without homes and the broader community.
Inside Housing Matters’ plan for permanent supportive housing in Harvey West.