In this final article of our six part series, writer Julia Sinn exposes the unique social entrepreneurship of the Santa Cruz tech community.

Julia SinnDecember 12, 2019Santa Cruz Works, Santa Cruz New Tech, Why Santa Cruz

Part 3: Why Santa Cruz? Housing and Homelessness

We are in crisis. The realities in San Francisco and Silicon Valley set a very bleak stage. Where do you call Home?

Julia SinnNovember 14, 2019Why Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Housing and Homelessness, Santa Cruz Housing, Santa Cruz Homelessness, Santa Cruz works, Santa Cruz tech, Santa Cruz City Council, State Law AB 1482, AB 1482, Kara Meyberg Guzman, Stephen Baxter, Santa Cruz Local, Economic Development, Bonnie Lipscomb, Sibley Simon

Part 2: Why Santa Cruz? Room to Grow - Office Space and Wages

This week, backed by an amazing amount of in-depth research and impeccably reported by Leonardo Castañeda, The Mercury News dropped the truth bomb that just 10 entities own about 11% of all the taxable property in Silicon Valley—that’s $59.2 billion of property

Julia SinnNovember 7, 2019Why Santa Cruz, Office Space and Wages in Santa Cruz, Stripe, Monterey Bay Economic Partnership, Hired’s State of Salaries 2019, Santa Cruz Works, Bonnie Lipscomb, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz works Comment

Part 1: Why Santa Cruz? Lifestyle + Business Sense

For locals, and perhaps outsiders, it seems like common knowledge: people want to live in Santa Cruz over Silicon Valley because it’s an objectively wonderful place. Beach, redwoods, limited fog, cheap parking garages.