Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics


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11/08/2022
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The former Santa Cruz County clerk is on her way to the California Assembly.

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11/08/2022
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More Watsonville voters elected to keep the city’s urban growth boundaries rather than head back to the drawing board and determine a new growth plan, according to initial election results.

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11/08/2022
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District Trustee Area 1 incumbent Kim De Serpa took the lead as early results poured in, showing a 66.1% lead over her opponent Natalain Schwartz.

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11/07/2022
Voters in heavily Democratic California resoundingly approved a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution.

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11/07/2022
California Attorney General Rob Bonta had a big lead in early ballot returns in his race to win a full four-year term after Gov. Gavin Newsom last year picked him to fill an unexpired term as the most populous state's top lawman.

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11/06/2022
The 280-mile journey stops at San Jose State, where one 20-year-old tells us, “I’m feeling kind of disillusioned."

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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.

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11/04/2022
There are more and more efforts to get young people to the ballot box and make their voices heard. But how do we do that?

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11/04/2022
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Grand Jury determines that Santa Clara City Councilmembers Becker, Jain, Park, Chahal, and Hardy committed malfeasance; police chief asks DA to investigate.

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11/04/2022
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Why does the world's richest human want to be in charge of the world's most influential social media platform?

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11/04/2022
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Yvette Lopez Brooks, Joe Clarke, Enrique Dolmo Jr., Gerry Jensen, Alexander Pedersen respond to voters’ questions.

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11/04/2022
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Joy Schendledecker and Fred Keeley respond to voters’ questions.

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11/03/2022
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Incumbents Bob Fultz, Jeff Hill and Mark Smolley are vying to keep their seats against newcomer Alina Layng, who is a first-time candidate for the district.

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10/31/2022
Real estate agents and developers continue to give thousands of dollars to oppose Santa Cruz measures N and O.

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10/31/2022
Three candidates—Derek Timm, Allan Timms and Jim Reed—are vying for two open seats on the Scotts Valley City Council, with the top two vote-getters winning the seats. Lookout asked each candidate to answer two questions.

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10/31/2022
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Watsonville voters face a decision on Nov. 8. Should the city’s urban growth restrictions be extended through 2040, or should residents and their elected leaders how and where Watsonville might grow?

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10/30/2022
Paul Pelosi remained hospitalized Oct. 31 while recovering from an attack by the man who planned to take the Speaker of the House hostage and “break her kneecaps.”