Bonnie Lipscomb interviewed by Lookout City Life Correspondent and columnist Wallace Baine
Channel: Event Santa Cruz
Date: 2020-12-18

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The “What Now? What Next?” forum, co-presented with Event Santa Cruz, was an extension of Lookout’s 21 for ’21 series, which is profiling 21 people who’ve made a difference throughout Santa Cruz County this year and will continue to do so in the next. Activist Esabella Bonner, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty, city economic director Bonnie Lipscomb, and Ruby Vasquez of the Campesino Appreciation caravan spent the hour chatting with Lookout City Life Correspondent and columnist Wallace Baine.

Bonnie Lipscomb

When disaster strikes, people tend to turn to government for help. But which government? The White House? Congress? Sacramento?

In the case of the sudden shutdown from the shelter-in-place order in March, many business owners in Santa Cruz turned to a more immediate, street-level form of government. They called City Hall. And when they did, often, on the other end of the line was Bonnie Lipscomb and her team at the city’s Economic Development office.

As a lease-holder, a permit-granting agency, an infrastructure manager, and a general resource for local businesses, Economic Development found itself in the middle of the chaotic change of circumstances brought on by the mushrooming pandemic. Lipscomb and her team had to find a different gear to address the onslaught of questions and concerns that they faced from bewildered and stressed local businesses.

Continue reading here: https://lookout.co/santacruz/civic-life/government/story/2020-12-13/21-for-21-bonnie-lipscomb-santa-cruz-business-recovery

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