City of Greenfield Government News

The San Jose Earthquakes and Chevron unveiled a new futsal court for the Central Coast community and hosted a free youth soccer clinic last Tuesday afternoon at Patriot Park in Greenfield.

Three council seats were up for grabs in the City of Greenfield on Nov. 5, with districts 2 and 4 having district elections for the first time since the city began its transition away from at-large to district-based elections in 2022. The council will have two new representatives for Districts 1 and 2.

City of Greenfield celebrated its first-ever Harvest Festival Scholarship recipients during the expanded two-day Harvest Festival, held Oct. 19-20 along El Camino Real.

EAH Housing, a nonprofit housing development and management organization, has announced that construction is underway at Greenfield Commons, with the last modular stack for Greenfield Commons Phase I recently completed.

For the third time since 2022, the District 1 seat on Greenfield City Council is vacant. This time, it is because of a court decision that nullified an appointment to the position.

In a significant boost to wildfire prevention efforts, the City of Greenfield has been awarded $189,263 in grant funding through Cal Fire’s Wildfire Prevention Grants Program as part of a larger initiative aimed at enhancing wildfire resilience across the Central Coast.

Volunteers from the American Red Cross of the Central Coast recently conducted “Sound the Alarm” home visits in Greenfield.

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will distribute $793,856 to the City of Greenfield to make roads safer and improve community connectivity.

Greenfield Fire Department has recognized a local utility gas technician for proper intervention in a carbon monoxide situation in Greenfield.

The County of Monterey Health Department’s Public Health Bureau is the recipient of a $250,262 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to support its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program in the city of Greenfield.

In less than two months, Greenfield’s District 1 has had three representatives. Now a lawsuit claims the latest appointment was done without proper notification, as required by the Brown Act.

Earlier this month, the cities of Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City rejected three proposals they received for waste hauling services.

Sen. Anna Caballero stopped by Greenfield and Soledad to present checks for $1 million and $400,000, respectively, to Greenfield for radio transmission and reception upgrades and to the Soledad-Mission Recreation District.

The Greenfield Police Department is shining a light on its active partnership with Monterey County Behavioral Health.

On July 18, Luis Dominguez became Greenfield’s newest councilmember, taking over for Angela Untalon, who announced her resignation in May.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade—and that’s exactly what Greenfield youths Charlie and Dylen did.

City expenditures are split among essential needs and quality-of-life benefits in a budgeting process. And with the fiscal year beginning July 1, government entities, including Monterey County’s 12 cities, are in various stages of tweaking and finalizing their annual budgets.

Scheid Family Wines has announced the student winners of the 2023 Scheid Writing Contest. The total distribution for 2023, the 35th year of the program, is $17,900.

Five new police officers and one community service officer, all bilingual speakers, have joined the Greenfield Police Department.

Greenfield City Manager Paul Wood has appointed Capt. Guillermo “Bill” Mixer as chief of police effective April 27. As police chief, Mixer will also serve as a member of the Greenfield Executive Team.

it’s disappointing to see two local city councils so divided they have been struggling to even fill their ranks to get to five members.

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Police Department has been awarded $56,155 from the Department of Justice Tobacco Grant Program, which will be used for enforcement and education of illegal sales of tobacco to minors. As part of the grant, students at Greenfield High School will work closely with the police department on creating educational public safety videos [...]

GREENFIELD — Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), in partnership with the City of Greenfield, announced that Greenfield residents and workers, age 14 and older, will have the opportunity to vote to determine which Safe Routes to School projects to fund in their city. Voters can cast their votes from Dec. 1 to 15 by [...]

Digital equity and infrastructure in Monterey County got a boost with the announcement of $2.5 million in broadband technical assistance grants to local municipalities to help close the digital divide.

The city of Greenfield has grown exponentially in recent years, and several projects are still on the way, including a hotel on Walnut Avenue, an apartment complex, and a new community center.

This year for the first time, Greenfield City Council positions will be elected based on districts, rather than at large. Voters will choose two councilmembers, and a new mayor.

Residents of Greenfield will have an opportunity to experience a street makeover designed to be safer and more comfortable for all users.

The ongoing housing crisis has the state of California getting serious about cities and counties zoning for more housing units, after years of failing at creating more desperately needed homes. It's now creating discomfort for many local officials who need…

Greenfield has been awarded a nearly $700,000 grant from California State Parks to create and expand access to outdoor experiences for local youth and families.