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Santa Cruz City Council names homelessness, housing and infrastructure as 2025 lobbying priorities
Summary
The City Council adopted a focused legislative program that identifies homelessness response, affordable housing and infrastructure as the city’s top advocacy priorities and reaffirmed a broader six-area platform to guide state and federal engagement.
The Santa Cruz City Council on Jan. 28 adopted a 2025 legislative program that directs city staff and its state and federal lobbyists to prioritize homelessness response, affordable housing and infrastructure in advocacy to Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
The program, approved unanimously, also reaffirms a broader legislative platform covering transportation and infrastructure, sustainability and resiliency, public safety and community well-being, economic vitality, and housing policy. Councilmembers said the narrower set of priorities will give the city more leverage when pursuing funding and…
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