"In the State Assembly, Democrats hold a 62-18 advantage over Republicans," writes the Editorial Board. "Three Democratic incumbents – Gail Pellerin, Robert Rivas and Dawn Addis – representing parts of Santa Cruz County in their districts should be reelected."
Campaign finance disclosure statements for measures and offices on the city of Santa Cruz’s March ballot were recently published, and showed that real estate developers and contractors made the largest contributors to the campaign opposing Measure M while the group supporting Measure M received the majority of its donations from Santa Cruz residents.
The Santa Cruz Planning Commission will consider the Cruz Hotel project on Front Street in Downtown Santa Cruz at its meeting Thursday evening. The proposed project would be six stories, or about 70-feet tall and hold 232 rooms and three floors of underground parking with 214 spaces.
Joy Schendledecker, who ran for Mayor of Santa Cruz in 2022 and one of the co-founders of the community group Santa Cruz Cares, is hoping to unseat incumbent Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson.