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Santa Cruz Downtown Plan Expansion environmental impact review releases to public

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January 9, 2025 6:36 PM
Published 2:21 PM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KION) -- An environmental review of Santa Cruz's Downtown Plan Expansion has been released for locals to review for themselves. The Environmental Impact Report found only three significant impacts with the plan.

The first impact involves the potential exposure of pollutant due to the exhaust emitted from construction vehicle. Another was indirect impacts to birds nesting alongside the San Lorenz River as construction goes underway.

The third impact would be creating change to significant tribal cultural resources. Plans to diminish these impacts are already in place in the review.

Other than those three impacts, no other significant impacts to Downtown Santa Cruz remain.

The Santa Cruz Downtown Plan Expansion includes plans to extend into south of Laurel Street with future developments including plans to create up to 1,800 housing units. This also include replacing 66 dwelling units.

Other plans in place include the construction of a new entertainment and sports arena for the Santa Cruz Warriors basketball team. The existing Santa Cruz Riverwalk will also be designed to accommodate to host public gatherings and events.

Those who wish to look into the Environmental Impact Report for themselves can read the full report at this link: Santa Cruz Downtown Plan Expansion Draft Subsequent EIR

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Sergio Berrueta

Sergio Berrueta has been in the news for quite awhile going from studying print media to entering the realm of broadcast.

Originally from Bell Gardens, California, in Southeast Los Angeles. Berrueta started his professional news career in Eureka as a newscast producer for North Coast News (now The Northstate’s News) at KAEF ABC 23 in 2022. He pivoted a year later in 2022 going from behind-the-scenes to in front of the camera as a multimedia journalist for Redwood News Channel 3 (KIEM/KVIQ) also in Eureka.

Berrueta studied journalism at Humboldt State University (now Cal Poly Humboldt) earning his Bachelor’s Degree. Berrueta was a staff writer, page editor, social media manager and editor-in-chief of the university’s El Lenador, the only bilingual publication in all of Humboldt County.

Before moving to the North Coast, Berrueta had earned his Associate’s Degree at East Los Angeles College in 2019 after beginning his educational journey in 2012. He also was on staff for the ELAC’s publication, ELAC Campus News, having been a staff writer, page editor, and online editor.

Outside of news experience, Berrueta has also been in education as an AmeriCorps tutor in East Hollywood from 2017 to 2019 and served in a government role as a National Hometown Fellow for Lead for America with the City of Arcata in 2021.

When not focusing on news, Berrueta is an avid amateur cinephile having written about films in free time. He also writes poetry, attempting to get through a backlog of video games, enjoys visiting new places along the California Coast, and trying to keep up with the latest music and podcasts.

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