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The June 7 election will determine who will complete the four-year term of District 1 supervisor Mark Medina, who resigned in June 2021. The governor appointed Betsy Dirks to replace him until this election.

San Benito County officials and property owners continue to seek more funding to provide more services for local homeless people, and to reduce the unhoused population.

Supervisor Kollin Kosmicki writes, “Special interests are at it again in San Benito County. That said, I want to address the ambiguous signs that showed up throughout the county this past week with my name on them and phrases like Recall, Censure, Unethical and Shameful on them. To be clear, there is no recall petition challenging my role ...”

City of Hollister and San Benito County officials are taking steps to speed up the repair and upgrades of local deteriorating roadways by allocating large sums of money for the efforts. The Hollister City Council on March 21 approved the sale of $20 million in bond financing for capital improvements to the city’s roads and [...]

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors have not come to a consensus on adding a sales tax measure to the November ballot, requesting more information on the county’s finances.