Better Know the New Members of Arcata’s First Female-Majority City Council
Last week, the Arcata City Council officially welcomed three new members Stacey Atkins-Salazar, Emily Grace Goldstein and Sarah Schaefer marking the first time the famously progressive town has had a majority of women councilmembers.
There is no question that this was the most unusual election we’ve ever seen, with the pandemic preventing most conventional campaigning. On top of that, there were 10 candidates running for three Arcata City Council seats.
So what helped these three women win? How did they approach campaigning during the pandemic? And how might this council shake-up affect the city? The