This Week in Local Government
What Santa Cruz County's county, city, school and regional boards are about to decide in the next ten days, sorted by how much it matters. Use the buttons to see just the governments and topics you follow.
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Topic
Major (1)
Big decisions: major spending, taxes and fees, new laws, housing and land use, policing.
- MajorWatsonville City CouncilTue, Oct 13, 4:30 PM· Housing, Taxes, fees & budgetCity to set 2026 income, rent and sales price limits for affordable housing
Watsonville sets caps on who can qualify for its deed-restricted affordable homes and apartments, how much rent can be charged, and how much those homes can sell for. This item would adopt an updated 2026 schedule of those income, rent, and sales price limits, using the state income figures released June 29, 2026, and would set the mortgage interest rate used in the sales price formula at 7.00 percent (down from the 7.5 percent adopted in June 2024). A yes vote adopts the joint resolution of the City Council and the Council acting as the Successor Housing Agency, and the new limits take effect immediately and stay in place until the Council replaces them.
Minor (1)
Smaller but real decisions.
- MinorWatsonville City CouncilTue, Oct 13, 4:30 PM· Housing· Consent agenda$10,495.71 change order for home rehabilitation at 62 Lawrence Avenue
The council would approve a $10,495.71 change order with Animas Construction for the housing rehabilitation project at 62 Lawrence Avenue, raising the contract from $100,850.00 to no more than $111,345.71, paid from the city's Housing Rehab Fund.
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