Watchdog analysis urges improved homelessness efforts
(World News USA)

SANTA CRUZ — A new citizen watchdog report is taking to task the effectiveness of the regional approach to solving homelessness, a situation exacerbated in Santa Cruz County by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The 84-page “” report, released last month by the 2019-2020 Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury, cites five significant factors the grand jury says are limiting local efforts to reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness in the county. Those limitations include political will overwhelmed by opposing community resistance; lack of effective county governance structure; insufficient resources; under-utilization of existing resources; and the county lacks...