FPPC (Fair Political Practices Commission) investigates complaint submitted by Ami Chen Mills
The FPPC has informed Ami Chen Mills and her campaign team that they will investigate her complaints of misconduct against Candidate and...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Jun 1
- 9 min
When a candidate takes matters in her hands....
By Erica Aitken and Ami Chen Mills Ami Chen Mills questions the behavior of four City Councilmembers at a private fundraiser. A few weeks...
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reimaginesantacruz
- May 10
- 2 min
Something is Rotten in The City of Santa Cruz
By Ann Simonton On May 2nd 2022 I went to a public meeting of Santa Cruz Together to see what was up. There I found 4 current council...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Aug 10, 2021
- 6 min
THE RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION
Laurel, Pacific, and Center where a new huge building will go up once the destruction is cleared. California is undergoing some major...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
The slow and quiet resurgence of the “Corridor Plan.”
By Erica Aitken The Belvedere Street neighbors brought in a cherry picker crane raise to the height of the future buildings on Water...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Mar 6, 2021
- 2 min
Nothing will change the situation of homelessness without LARGE COMMUNITY support.
Erica Aitken Banished to a choice of 4 parks, people who sleep outdoors will be required to walk 75 feet away from the trail to pitch...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
ACLU urges Santa Cruz City Council to condemn ordinances that target unhoused people.
In another cruel and unethical attempt to displace hundreds of people without houses, Santa Cruz City Staff announced that it will submit...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Self-interest behind opposition to corridor public transit
By Jim Weller (reprinted with permission by the author) I’ve been concerned me for some time about the huge investments that have been...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
True to form, the City Council votes 5-2 to approve the Wharf Master Plan
Erica Aitken The wharf is another beloved place that will undergo a Silicon Valley facelift. This time, the carrot at the end of the...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
A great program for better policing in Santa Cruz?
Medics and mental health counselors team up to form a mobile crisis team in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo Mail Tribune) CAHOOTS (Crisis...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Nov 5, 2020
- 3 min
The dark and mysterious concept of affordable housing
By Erica Aitken The Riverfront Housing Complex will span over a section of Front Street, three tall buildings of condominiums. With this...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Oct 21, 2020
- 3 min
Recalling the Recall
By Tereza Coraggio Without a plan to take back our economy, anyone elected to City Council will be overseeing a train wreck of massive...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
It’s our town, our culture, and we can make it ours again
Willie SaySo is a writer, performer, and producer of multimedia and events, residing in Santa Cruz. An active freelance contributor to...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
The dark side of City debt
How accumulated debt will break your town By Erica Aitken and Mark D. Lee A contemporary urban planning magazine called Strong Towns has...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Oct 7, 2020
- 1 min
Media Watch interviews four progressive candidates to City Council
Media Watch is an organization that relentlessly fights media bias. Abusive stereotypes and prejudice is common all through media...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Oct 4, 2020
- 3 min
City rolls the dice on the Taj Garage
Stephen Kessler Published originally in the Santa Cruz Sentinel September 26 At its June 23 meeting when it approved what is now known...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min
More about our candidates: They are truly, really working for affordable housing.
If you work here, you should be able to live here!
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reimaginesantacruz
- Sep 24, 2020
- 1 min
SHAME on YOU, City Council.
Reversing the Public Works Commission to allow City Council candidate Alicia Kuhl to park her RV and live on Olive Street, the City...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
Leaders we can trust with our future: Brown, Hill, Kuhl, Kumar.
In a recent Sentinel guest editorial, Santa Cruz United claims that the success of the March recall of two council members amplifies the...
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reimaginesantacruz
- Sep 20, 2020
- 2 min
Letter from Rick Longinotti
Just when I think the democratic process regarding a new garage Downtown has reached its lowest point, there's a new low. The previous...
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