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Vice Mayor Yvette Brooks

ybrooks@ci.capitola.ca.us

(831) 475-7300; (831) 479-8879 (fax)

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Born and raised in San Jose, Mayor Yvette Lopez Brooks first garnered national attention in high school for a non-profit program she created called Teens Teaching Teens (3T’s). After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, Brooks settled in Capitola and is the first Latina to hold the office of mayor. With a keen eye on Capitola's financial stability, Brooks supports the building of a hotel on 41st Avenue as a means to ramp up the area as an economic hub. She lives in Capitola with her husband and young daughter.


Brooks, who served as mayor in 2021, ran for reelection in 2022 and was the top vote-getter by a large margin in the five-way race for three open seats. She currently works for the local nonprofit Your Future Is Our Business. Her previous job was with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education.


“My priority has been to ensure Capitola is sustainable, safe, and family-friendly.” Brooks said in a Lookout Santa Cruz article on the council race. “Beyond my service on the council, I have spent my adult life advocating for quality education, advising on child care and serving on several commissions.”


First elected: December 2020


Day job: Executive director of the Santa Cruz-based nonprofit Your Future Is Our Business


Alma mater: UC Santa Cruz (bachelor’s degree, sociology)


Other positions held: Board chair, Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery; board member, Childhood Advisory Council


Notable quotes: “I really believe that it’s important to have a minority voice, a woman’s voice, a woman of color, a mom, someone who works full time, all of those things. It’s important to be able to offer that insight while serving. My other priorities are preserving our environment and looking at our housing issues, as well as just making and maintaining Capitola a really special town.” (Source: Santa Cruz Local, November 2022 Election Guide)



“I value a diverse population, and I believe it is imperative we figure out ways that our residents can work within the county while living here, too.” (Source: YvetteBrooks.com)

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California Local Pin Marker From Santa Cruz Sentinel...

03/01/2023
Supervisors unanimously approved self-nominations of Justin Cummings and Manu Koenig and reaffirmed a previous selection of Capitola City Council member Yvette Brooks.

California Local Pin Marker From Times Publishing Group...

05/04/2021
As she moves beyond the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, Yvette Brooks writes, she has been “thinking a lot about all of the people who volunteer in our community.”
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