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PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS!

KEEP PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR LARGE HOUSING PROJECTS IN SANTA CRUZ

NO OVERLAY DISTRICT!

The City Planning Department is asking the City Council for sole authority to approve permits for one hundred percent affordable housing developments over a wide area of the City and eliminate formal public hearings by creating a new Ministerial Approval Overlay District.

The proposed Overlay District:

• Is NOT required by State law
• Gives City Planning Department sole authority to approve these developments
• Eliminates public hearings at Planning Commission and City Council
  (regardless of project size or impacts)
• Eliminates current heritage tree protection for these developments and can mandate removal of heritage trees on adjacent properties

Sign our change.org online petition

Call for Volunteers: Can you help by canvassing door to door and leaving flyers? We will provide the flyers and information, you provide one or two hours.

To volunteer, send an email to NoOverlayDistrict@gmail.com with “Volunteer” in the subject line. Thanks!