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Santa Cruz council approves 100-unit educator housing project at 313 Swift Street
Summary
The City Council approved a 100-unit educator workforce housing project at 313 Swift Street, invoking the Teacher Housing Act and SB 330; the project includes conditions on transit passes, park access during construction and a check on washing-machine microfilters.
The Santa Cruz City Council voted to approve an educator workforce housing development at 313 Swift Street, a four-story, 100-unit apartment project intended for educators and support staff.
City staff said the project would provide 100 residential units, 119 parking spaces and 120,604 square feet of building area on a roughly 4-acre lot southwest of Delaware Avenue and Swift Street. Senior Planner Tim Mayer said the proposal invokes state laws intended to speed housing production and protect objective design review, including Senate Bill 330 and the Teacher Housing Act of 2016, and that a mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act had been prepared.
Council members and school-district leaders told the council…
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