"Our choice is Capitola Mayor Kristen Brown, an eight-year member of the City Council, who also is chair of the county Regional Transportation Commission and former president of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG)," writes the Sentinel Editorial Board. "Brown’s election would elevate a woman onto what has been an all-male board."
Ready or not, election season is upon us. For the Sentinel Editorial Board, that means extended interview sessions with candidates for local offices, along with public officials’ advocating for new taxes, or advocates for and against a Santa Cruz measure that could constrain future housing development.
Santa Cruz County Clerk Tricia Webber told the Sentinel ballots for the March 5 presidential primary will be mailed out to voters the first week of February with voter guides sent about a week prior.