Written by a Public Health Researcher at the request of the Needles Solutions Team Supervisor “check your cynicism” Leopold feels that the public should not question the syringe service program […]
County’s Sharps Take Back Ordinance – Latest Update and Important Resources
Take Back Santa Cruz’s Needle Solution Team recently reached out to Tim Goncharoff with the County of Santa Cruz to find out the latest on the Pharmaceuticals and Sharps Disposal/Take Back […]
No Supervisor John Leopold, The Community Doesn’t Need To “Check The Cynicism”
No Supervisor John Leopold, The Community Doesn’t Need To “Check The Cynicism” –YOU Need To Listen To The Community! At the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors meeting on June […]
Needles in Public Spaces – April May June 2017 – 14,620 needles found in 55 months
To: Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Cruz City Council Please find the Take Back Santa Cruz Needles Solutions Team Needles in Public Spaces (NIPS) report attached. […]
Grand Jury Finds Lack of Transparency – Syringe Exchange Program
For years, Take Back Santa Cruz’s Needles Solutions Team and the public have demanded greater transparency from the County’s Syringe Services Program (“SSP”), which distributes syringes to drug users. After […]
County Syringe Services 2017 Biennial Report: Improvements Made, Still Work to Be Done
As required by California State Health and Safety Codes, Santa Cruz County has made available to the public the 2017 SSP Biennial Report which will be presented to the Board of […]
**Updated** Syringe Services Biennial Report – continued lack of respect & transparency to community
UPDATE Message received from Supervisor Coonerty: The SSP report is not on this week’s agenda. It was mistakenly put on the agenda by the clerk and was removed yesterday. It […]
Needles in Public Spaces Report – March 2017
To: Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Cruz City Council Please find the Take Back Santa Cruz Needles Solutions Team Needles in Public Spaces (NIPS) report attached. […]
Needles in Public Spaces Report – February 2017
To: Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Cruz City Council Please find the Take Back Santa Cruz Needles Solutions Team Needles in Public Spaces (NIPS) report attached. […]
Needles in Public Spaces Report – January 2017
To: Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors and the Santa Cruz City Council Please find the Take Back Santa Cruz Needles Solutions Team Needles in Public Spaces (NIPS) report attached. […]
