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Board approves outside hearing officer and signals stronger enforcement for code violations
Summary
Santa Cruz County approved hiring an outside independent hearing officer to handle serious zoning and civil-code cases, part of an effort to shift from reactive complaint response to more consistent enforcement and community trust building.
Santa Cruz County supervisors voted April 15 to authorize contract terms that will allow the county to use an outside independent hearing officer to adjudicate more serious zoning and civil-code matters. Staff said the move is intended to increase transparency, reduce internal resource strain and deliver more consistent enforcement across the county.
Planning/enforcement staff described two enforcement pathways: a civil…
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