Monterey County Elections & Politics Articles

Members of a far-right militia group backed a recall election against a conservative Republican to take control of the Board of Supervisors in Shasta County. Here’s how it happened.

In 2022, California voters may see as many as four ballot initiatives to make betting on sporting events legal. Here’s how they would change sports gambling, and who's behind each separate measure.

With incumbent Sheriff Steve Bernal retiring after his current term ends, there's a five-way contest shaping up for the position of Monterey County sheriff. The field includes a range of experienced law enforcement officers, from both inside of and outside…

Measure Z, a 2016 county ballot initiative that sought to ban fracking, wastewater injection and new oil and gas wells in Monterey County, and which 56 percent of voters approved, is not dead yet. On Jan. 26, the California Supreme…

SALINAS — As the decennial redistricting process wrapped up last month, the concern from The World’s Salad Bowl started to mount. Local politicians, regional business giants and other community leaders asked how a plan to pair the international agricultural hub …

For a generation, the position of Monterey County District Attorney went unchanged – and uncontested. Dean Flippo was elected as DA in 1990, then never challenged as he became the county’s longest-serving DA, filling seven terms before retiring in 2018.

Though they are elected officials, county sheriffs have less accountability than any other law enforcement officials. Here's why, and what California is doing about it.

That State Sen. Anna Caballero is running for re-election, seeking what would be her final four-year term in the State Senate before terming out of the California Legislature is no surprise. That the former Salinas mayor and long-time Salinas resident…

California keeps on taking legislative steps that will keep it ranked in the top 10 of voter-friendly states.

Following the release of the draft redistricting maps for California's new congressional and state senate and assembly districts, local elected officials and advocates mobilized to object to the proposals. The maps determining the districts for the U.S. House of Representatives…

Monterey County’s 11 fire districts help protect a county with a long history of wildfires that dates back to the 1870s.

How the five Monterey County supervisorial districts will look for the next 10 years ultimately comes down to how county officials want to cut up Salinas: the political fate of a 3,000-square-mile county determined by the lines drawn through a…

Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.

Inflation is on the rise, with prices in some parts of California their highest in 13 years. Here’s what caused this round of inflation, and how can it be stopped.

Monterey County's redistricting process is approaching its deadline, as is the window for the public to weigh in on how they think the county's supervisor districts should look for the next decade.

Should water be owned by the public, or can private interests do a better job of delivering precious water? That conflict is at the heart of Monterey County’s water system.

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