When Charles Edwards, a mentally ill homeless man from San Francisco, stabbed Camouflage co-owner Shannon Collins on Ocean Street in May, he sent shockwaves through the Santa Cruz community. “Everyone felt so much pressure to act,” Rowland Rebele says of the intense debate over the city’s homeless problem that arose after Collins’ murder.
Posts Tagged: Hilary Bryant
In Aftermath of Collins Murder, New Scrutiny on Homeless
When the Shelter Project’s Paul Brindel heard about the proposed changes for homeless services in the aftermath of the murder of 38-year-old Shannon Collins, one concern echoed through his head. “I hope that as a result of this horrible crime, homeless people will not find it so much harder to find legal, affordable shelter,” says Brindel, the Community Action Board program director who will be retiring this year after 30 years of service.
Candidate Urges Limits on Campaign Funding
Micah Posner, who announced his run for Santa Cruz City Council last month, is planning his campaign around a few things: his familiarity with transportation and land use issues, his work as an activist and his decision to limit the amount of money he spends on his campaign this year—and by extension the amount of contributions he accepts.
World Book Night Goes Surfing
On the Monday after a hot weekend in town mobbed with tourists, Santa Cruz skies are solid and gray. The ocean is as flat as old beer from Cowell’s Beach to the Moss Landing power plant, and Vice Mayor Hilary Bryant looks mighty lonely paddling out on her waxy board, carrying a mesh backpack filled with books meant for the surfers who are lurking inland until they can ambush the real swell like a pack of alligators.
