Alongside its expansion program, OSE’s most important ... so we have designed a 10-year strategic action plan to change this,” explains Spiliopoulos. OSE’s plan is bringing results.

The Downtown Plan Expansion environmental impact report examined the effects of adding 1,800 housing units and 60,000 square feet of gross commercial area with proposed buildings up to 175 feet.

The associated environmental impact report for the Downtown Plan Expansion project, or downtown expansion plan as it’s sometimes called, was ordered up by the Santa Cruz City Council in June 2022.