Stay updated with breaking news from Robert Ratner. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
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.
A collaborative multi-jurisdictional agency is recruiting community members with "lived experience" in homelessness to have their say and get paid for it.
"When we see people experiencing homelessness as problems to be solved, not people to be loved, it's very hard to solve problems," Kevin Adler said.
The award, announced this week at the association's 129th Annual Meeting in Alameda County, recognizes county officials, employees, and other members whose service to the the county government community and the advancement of the state association's goals goes above and beyond the norm.
In the final stretch of a three-year homelessness strategic plan, Santa Cruz County officials took stock of areas of both progress and deficiency.