Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics

There are three Scotts Valley City Council seats up for grabs this election, and Donna Lind, a retired Scotts Valley Police Department sergeant, is the only sitting member seeking another term. She’s formed a slate with food industry salesman Corky Roberson and retired Santa Cruz Police Department deputy chief Steve Clark, in hopes of edging out nurse Krista Jett, IT contractor John Lewis, UCSC student Dustin Lopez and mobile app founder Mercedes Molloy.

In this engaging interview, Kristen Brown, the current mayor of Capitola and candidate for Santa Cruz County Supervisor (District 2), discusses the final stretch of her campaign with host Bodie Shargel.

Campaign filings Thursday offered a peek at the money trail behind some measures and candidates in the Nov. 5 election in Santa Cruz County.

With mail-in ballots already sent out by the Santa Cruz County Clerk, early voting for the Nov. 5 election has begun. Included in the mail-in voting kits are a sample ballot, an official ballot and a voter guide. There are 22 ballot drop box locations across the county where you can leave your ballot if you don’t want to mail it.

As local voters prepare to fill in their ballots for the Nov. 5 election, they are faced with a large array of candidates and local ballot initiatives that can seem daunting. We attempt to demystify the local ballot.

Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo Inc., Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc. and Red Bull have collectively contributed $1,235,000 to the No on Z campaign — trying to sway more than half of Santa Cruz’s roughly 37,000 voters against a proposed soda tax in the Nov. 5 election.
That spend represents about $67 for each “no” vote needed to defeat Measure Z, according to campaign finance records.

With election day approaching, voters have several state propositions from which to choose.

With the November election just weeks away, residents are facing an onslaught of information regarding candidates and ballot measures. This week we take a dive into the race for San Lorenzo Valley Water District’s Board of Directors.