Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics


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10/29/2022
The new downtown branch library will make a statement about downtown Santa Cruz. Whether built new on a current parking lot or renovated where it’s sat since 1969, it’ll cost more than $40 million for the best possible of each.

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10/27/2022
A complicated picture of David Depape's fringe beliefs began to surface through his online presence and connection to a Bay Area nude activist community. His online promoted anti-Semitism, far-right QAnon theory, and 2020 election denialism.

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10/27/2022
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By JIMMY DUTRA We have seen politics hit an all-time low in our community. Behavior that has been more common at the national and state level has arrived in our local politics. It has moved from “what I can do for the people” into “how I can smear my opponent the most.” Instead of debating [...]

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10/27/2022
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Two candidates are vying for the District 2 seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, an area that encompasses North Monterey County.

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10/25/2022
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The political groups and individuals financing some of Santa Cruz County’s most contentious measures.

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10/24/2022
The two Watsonville natives and longtime political figures will compete to fill the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors seat being vacated by Greg Caput.

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10/24/2022
Vicki Nohrden, the Republican candidate in the race for state Assembly District 30, garnered more votes in San Luis Obispo County than Dawn Addis in the primary. But Addis carried the vote in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties.

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10/24/2022
District 4 council candidates Greg Hyver, Hector Marin and Scott Newsome, District 6 council hopefuls Renée Golder and Sean Maxwell, and state Assembly District 28 foes Liz Lawler and Gail Pellerin mixed it up on the issues at an election forum.

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10/21/2022
The city of Santa Cruz has started the process to remove nine heritage trees in the lot that houses the Santa Cruz farmers market, before the November election—when the fate of the lot will be determined.

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10/21/2022
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A 38-year-old oil and gas real estate professional is facing off against an incumbent San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District trustee who cut her teeth in New York’s education system.

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10/20/2022
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In California, you can bet on a horse race, buy a lottery ticket, put money on poker in a card room and play slots at a tribal casino all in the same day.

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10/20/2022
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California now appears unlikely to join 30 other states who have legalized sports gambling.

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10/19/2022
The new rules were sparked after a Bay Area councilmember hired his 14-year-old cousin to be his treasurer during a 2016 campaign.

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10/19/2022
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UCSC icon looks at homophobia on the American left in her new book “Communists in Closets.”

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10/18/2022
As voters head to the polls to decide on school board candidates and school bonds, Lookout Santa Cruz talks to students, teachers, administrators and parents about their concerns.

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10/18/2022
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Proponents say the measure is about parking, while opponents say it will set back affordable housing and a new library.

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10/18/2022
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Bob Kittle will still be on the Nov. 8 ballot for Governing Board in Area II.

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10/17/2022
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Founded in 1920, the year that suffragettes triumphed, the League of Women Voters now protects the entire electorate’s rights.

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10/15/2022
The Aptos Times asked three questions of the candidates for Pajaro Valley Unified School District.