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09/30/2023
Incumbent Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson is running for the newly established District 3 seat on the Santa Cruz City Council against former Santa Cruz mayoral candidate Joy Schendledecker.

03/02/2023
For Santa Cruz City Councilmember Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson, the ongoing uprising in Iran is personal. She and her family fled Iran in the early 1980s, only a few years after the Islamic regime came into power.

11/21/2022
Justin Cummings trailed Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson by nearly 5 percentage points after Election Day. More than a week later, he pulled ahead, giving credence to the local axiom that Santa Cruz progressives just vote later.

11/04/2022
After working together on Santa Cruz City Council for two years, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings are facing each other in the race to represent District 3 on the Board of Supervisors.

10/09/2022
Both races to fill two seats on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors were close enough to force runoff elections. Now campaign disclosure statements reveal Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson has raised about $31,500 more than opponent Justin Cummings, and Felipe Hernandez has a narrow edge of $2,600 over Jimmy Dutra.

10/04/2021
Two current Santa Cruz city councilmembers, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings, are eyeing the Third District seat soon to be vacated by Ryan Coonerty, who’s served on the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors since 2014.

06/07/2021
Six weeks after Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty announced that he wouldn’t seek reelection in 2022, the race to replace him has its first candidate.