- Lookout LTE “No trees, no voice: How the City of Santa Cruz is greenlighting development without the public”, published January 13th, 2026.
Lookout Quick Take:
After Santa Cruz’s planning commission approved doing away with public hearings for some large affordable housing projects and moved a special zoning area forward, activist Gillian Greensite warns that the public could not only be robbed of its voice but of some of the city’s heritage trees, too.