Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics

Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson takes lead in early election results.

Early returns late Tuesday night show Jimmy Dutra ahead of his two opponents, with 47% of the vote, while Felipe Hernandez trails with 34% in the race for the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors District 4 seat. Ed Acosta, meanwhile, is in third with 14%.   Dutra and Hernandez are separated by 218 votes, according [...]

How the voting went on Measures B, C, E and F.

“Future Agenda Items” is usually one of the least contentious portions of a council meeting. But on May 18, Councilmember Derek Timm proposed looking at raising the Pride Flag.

Scotts Valley has been looking to take action since 2020 to keep youth from smoking, but the push stalled out during the pandemic.

From Transient Occupancy Tax (Measure B) to one of the county’s most contentious issues in years (Measure D).

Westside winery event led to money questions.

Union organizer Joe Thompson—the 19-year-old running for Assembly District 28—is fresh off the news that his push to unionize the first Starbucks stores in California was successful.