Santa Cruz City Council Candidates Weigh in on Questions from the Business Community

A candidate questionnaire from the local business community, led by the Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce, was distributed to candidates running for Santa Cruz City Council during the week of September 22nd. Co-sponsors of the survey are SCCBC and the SC Downtown Association.

Of the seven (7) candidates running for three (3) open seats, the following are participating in the process:

• Cynthia Chase
• Richelle Noroyan
• Leonie Sherman
• Bruce Van Allen
• David Terrazas (incumbent)
• Gary Knutson
• Craig Bush (chose not to participate)

Their complete questionnaire responses will be posted here by Wednesday, October 1st.

In addition to the questionnaire, individual candidate interviews will be taking place during the next few days. Those interviews will be filmed and posted here, as well.

For now, to learn more about each candidate, please click on their names above.

OTHER KEY LOCAL RACES

City of Watsonville City Council

District 3:  Lowell Hurst (incumbent); running unopposed

District 4:  Eduardo Montesino (incumbent); Jimmy Dutra

District 5:  Daniel Dodge (incumbent); Rebecca Garcia

City of Capitola (3 seats open)

• Michael Termini (incumbent)
• Joe Clarke
• Stephanie Harlan (incumbent)
• Laurie Hill
• Jacques Bertrand
• Richard Fitzpatrick