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The Housing Element Part 1: What is It?
The post discusses San Benito County's housing policy and its impact, highlighting the Housing Element's role as a state-mandated blueprint for local housing needs. Currently, all local jurisdicti...
Ecology Action
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SupervisorSotelo@sanbenitocountyca.gov
(831) 537-8850
Mindy Sotelo represents District 3 on the Board of Supervisors. Her district covers southwest Hollister, south of South Street and east to Memorial Drive. A fifth-generation native of San Benito County, Sotelo won the District 3 seat on the Board of Supervisors in the June 2022 primary, garnering 57.49 percent of the votes against two opponents: Eddie Alfaro (10.76 percent of the vote) and Hollister Councilmember Roman Resendiz (31.75 percent).
In addition to her work with the San Benito County Farm Bureau, Sotelo has raised three children with her husband and has served as president of Hollister Little League, president of the Baler Backers Athletic Organization, and a board member of Emmaus House.
Day job: Executive director of the San Benito County Farm Bureau
Alma mater: Cal State University Monterey Bay (bachelor’s degree, communications)
Other positions served: Parks and Recreation Commission member (2018-2019)
Notable quote: “The ag industry is a very important industry in San Benito County. We need to work hard at preserving the rich farmland we have as well as the rural heritage that makes our county so unique. At the same time economic development is important so that we can create jobs for our residents and bring much-needed revenue to the county.” (Source: BenitoLink)
From Benito Link...
At a Jan. 14 meeting, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors discussed the future of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. By a unanimous vote, they decided to approach the San Benito Health Care District in an effort to stymie the potential lease-sale of the hospital to the Michigan-based Insight Health.
Construction of Riverview Regional Park, the 46-acre recreation zone planned for the area between the Hollister High School campus and the San Benito River, will begin this fall, a year later than originally expected.
For the second time, San Benito County has canceled a town hall meeting to discuss the future of the county’s fire protection services. The meeting—which was supposed to take place in December but was then rescheduled for Jan. 9—has been indefinitely postponed.
On Jan. 6 the San Benito County Board of Supervisors unanimously chose Kollin Kosmicki to be its chair for 2025. Among his duties, he will preside over board meetings, rule on questions of procedure and appoint committees to study issues.
In many elections, voters will cast a ballot selecting candidates at the top of the ticket but skip voting on “down-ballot” races—resulting in what election officials call “undervotes.” In the Nov. 5 election, a number of San Benito County races had more undervotes tallied than the margin between the top two choices, which means the undervotes may have determined the outcomes of those races.
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