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A new energy is coalescing around constructing housing that more people can actually afford.
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A new energy is coalescing around constructing housing that more people can actually afford.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 15, 2026

WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTING NEW HOUSING IN MONTEREY COUNTY, the answer for decades has been “no” – not always directly but for reasons like …

Letters to the Editor 08.28.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 08.28.25

  • Aug 28, 2025

Long and Short of It

Salinas City Council to decide what’s next on referendum over housing-related ordinances.
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Salinas City Council to decide what’s next on referendum over housing-related ordinances.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Aug 21, 2025

A 2.75-percent annual cap on rent increases, a rent registry and two other tenant protection ordinances are headed to Salinas City Council, again.

The county’s vacation rental ordinance faces one more hurdle for approval.
Opinion

The county’s vacation rental ordinance faces one more hurdle for approval.

  • Pam Marino
  • Aug 12, 2025

Pam Marino here, betting that tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 13, there will be a large amount of web traffic from Monterey County to the California…

A referendum effort means Salinas residents could vote on rent stabilization.
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A referendum effort means Salinas residents could vote on rent stabilization.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jul 10, 2025

On June 3, the Salinas City Council voted 5-2 to rescind four housing-related ordinances approved by their predecessors, including a 2.75-perc…

A vision for building the housing we need at prices we can afford means thinking smaller.
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A vision for building the housing we need at prices we can afford means thinking smaller.

  • Laura Davis and Michael DeLapa
  • May 29, 2025

Santa Clara County and Orange County were once thriving agricultural communities, with fruit trees instead of sprawling single-family homes.

Letters to the Editor 05.15.25
Letters | Opinion

Letters to the Editor 05.15.25

  • May 15, 2025

In the Weeds

Development is a long, slow road—and recent projects in Monterey County are examples of it.
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Development is a long, slow road—and recent projects in Monterey County are examples of it.

  • David Schmalz
  • Apr 19, 2025

David Schmalz here. I’ve reported a lot about land-use issues in the 10 years I’ve worked at the Weekly, and one reason I find them interestin…

As expanded Pure Water Monterey comes online next year, the water is being divvied up.
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As expanded Pure Water Monterey comes online next year, the water is being divvied up.

  • David Schmalz
  • Dec 5, 2024

In February of 2020, Monterey One Water’s advanced wastewater recycling project, Pure Water Monterey, became operational after seven years of …

The City of Monterey is front and center of the housing crisis, an issue defining campaigns.
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The City of Monterey is front and center of the housing crisis, an issue defining campaigns.

  • David Schmalz
  • Oct 31, 2024

Increasingly, the housing crisis has become a major political issue in California, and nowhere is that more true than the city of Monterey, wh…

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