Santa Cruz County Local News: Elections & Politics


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California Local Pin Marker From Ecology Action...

05/15/2022
Elaborating on its opposition to Measure D, Ecology Action explains that public planning processes aim to include diverse voices in local decision-making, whereas voter referendums sidestep planning and minimize a complex issue into a simple “yes” or “no” vote.

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05/15/2022
The Land Trust of Santa Cruz County has supported the Rail Trail project since 2015. A piece on the group’s stance on Measure D explains, “Another long public planning and vetting process would be repeated with the passage of the 2022 Measure D, further delaying the trail’s completion.”

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05/14/2022
Writing for Lookout Santa Cruz’s Community Voices, 3rd District Supervisor Ryan Coonerty says the intensity of debate around Measure D is pointless given one stark political reality: No matter how the vote goes, without compromises, Santa Cruz County won’t build anything for decades.

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05/12/2022
Hopefuls in two North County races in the June 7 primary—four candidates for the state Assembly District 28 and three running for the 3rd supervisorial district—took the stage at the Hotel Paradox in front of a hybrid in-person and virtual crowd.

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05/10/2022
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As millions in funding pour into various South County projects, the Pajaro Valley has become a critical inflection point.

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05/09/2022
Up and down Santa Cruz County and across the political spectrum, organizations and elected officials are taking a stand against the measure.

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05/09/2022
The Greenway plan to build a 32-mile trail, accessible to all, is fully funded and can be built now. The trail will preserve the natural landscape and showcase the beauty of our coastline.

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05/08/2022
The downtown mixed-use library project has been in the works since 2016, with construction planned as early as next summer. But the group Our Downtown, Our Future aims to put a ballot measure before city voters this fall to block it.

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05/08/2022
As the Our Downtown, Our Future group waits for approval for a voter measure for November to challenge the current new downtown library proposal, one of its leaders explains its opposition.

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05/05/2022
After a presentation from RTC staff and an extended period of public comment, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Committee voted to adopt an “alternative” programming resolution that stated no preference for either of the two possible Highway 1 and Coast Rail Trail project scenarios.

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05/03/2022
The June 7 primary ballot will give voters the choice of whether to create an at-large elected Santa Cruz mayor position who serves a four-year term, or to keep the role as is. Five of Santa Cruz’s previous mayors share their thoughts with Lookout Santa Cruz.

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05/03/2022
On six hours’ notice, more than 200 people met at the Santa Cruz county courthouse to protest fast-moving restrictions across the country on abortion access — and the news that the U.S. Supreme Court is about to strike down the decision that has assured a women’s right to choose for 49 years.

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05/02/2022
A local advocacy group is one step closer to getting voters involved in the construction of a new city library with an attached parking garage and affordable housing project. Our Downtown, Our Future’s petition supports putting a ballot measure to voters Nov. 8.

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04/28/2022
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The city of Watsonville will likely ask residents to approve a half-cent sales tax increase in the November election. The Watsonville City Council did not place the item on the ballot—yet.

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04/27/2022
Campaigners for the Empty Homes Tax submitted their petition to the city clerk with more than 6,000 signatures, according to campaign manager Cyndi Dawson. Petitioners only needed to gather 3,848 signatures.

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04/18/2022
Workers today are subject to more monitoring and tracking on the job—often without their knowledge—than ever before, advocates say. Assemblymember Ash Kalra has proposed a bill to provide workers with some protection from off-duty employer surveillance and retaliation.

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04/18/2022
Tensions between the two groups—one for a pedestrian greenway, with the other for rail and trail—heated up when YES Greenway accused its opponents of vandalism. No Way Greenway says there is no proof and it’s the group’s latest “dirty trick.”

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04/12/2022
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Beach Flats’ Latinx population is demanding fair representation on the Santa Cruz City Council.