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Sitting in a cramped corner of the Garfield Park Branch Library, the county's homeless services director gestured toward results of this year's point-in-time count.

Between February 2022 and 2023, however, homelessness declined substantially to 1,804 people, the county's lowest population recorded in more than two decades.

Long before a levee along the Pajaro River breached on March 11, causing massive flooding in the community of Pajaro in North Monterey County, plans had been on the books

Two years into a three-year plan to reduce homelessness in Santa Cruz County, more people are finding landlords to accept housing vouchers and more residents 60 and older are sleeping in vehicles outside churches, county and community leaders said Tuesday.

The Veterans Village will house homeless veterans and their families.

There is much more that needs to be done, but the 100-day homeless challenge is one effort to get unhoused on the pathway to housing.

The number of families experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz County continues to increase despite the efforts by local leaders to prioritize them. Lookout learned that the number hit a two-year high in January after spiking by 27% over the past six months. One family saw the hard work needed to get rehoused finally pay off. During their day of celebration, tragedy struck.

The number of families experiencing homelessness in Santa Cruz County continues to increase despite the efforts by local leaders to prioritize them. Lookout learned that the number hit a two-year high in January after spiking by 27% over the past six months. One family saw the hard work needed to get rehoused finally pay off. During their day of celebration, tragedy struck.

Project Homekey, a state-funded homeless housing project might be expanding to Santa Cruz county, which some neighbors are opposed to.

Marisa Kendall/The Mercury News After pouring an unprecedented $12 billion into homeless housing and services last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom now is turning to the massive tent camps, shanty-towns and make-shift RV parks that have taken over California’s streets, parks and open spaces during the