For only the second time in Watsonville's history, the City Council will be led by two women, and for the first time by two Millennial Latina women. Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, 37, and Maria Orozco, 35, were sworn in to their new roles as mayor and mayor pro tempore respectively at Tuesday's meeting as part of the city's annual reshuffling of leadership.
“Being there into the wee hours of the morning shows the commitment of both sides to reach an agreement,” said the HCFA’s president, Nancy Schur-Beymer “It was a hard-won bargain. The district showed up ready to bargain.”
After months of failed negotiations that culminated in an impasse necessitating the help of an outside mediator, the Hartnell Community College District and Hartnell College Faculty Association have tentatively agreed