Letter to the Editor

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: As a biracial woman in an interracial marriage, I built my home in this community because, in all my travels, I have experienced the least amount of racism in Santa Cruz. But I have been […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Congratulations to Martine Watkins on being the first biracial mayor in Santa Cruz. I hope she will step aside so we can also congratulate our first Black mayor, Justin Cummings. How sad that Watkins hasn’t […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Read the language of ballot Measures Q and S. Measure S is a wolf in sheep’s clothing that claims to maintain Watsonville’s existing growth restrictions but in fact opens up the urban limit line and […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: As the mom of three children and a founder of several family advocacy groups, I know we need leaders who will address the root causes of childhood adversity. That’s why I’m supporting Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson for […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Mayoral candidate Fred Keeley released a statement that he will support only 12-story buildings and a grand total of 20% affordable housing (including density bonus units) in new housing development in downtown Santa Cruz and […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Did you know that the science behind “Keep Tahoe Blue” bumper stickers has Santa Cruz roots? We are the women of 2NDNATURE, a stormwater compliance software company based in Santa Cruz, and we developed many […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Can local reporters please stop echoing what city staff says and dig a little deeper before perpetuating untruths? Lookout’s story about a possible “swap” of the locations of the library and farmers market makes it […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: A recently released downtown-specific plan located the potential of nearly 4,000 new housing units in Watsonville’s city core. This requires clever, creative and costly redevelopment of underutilized building sites. It’s much easier and cheaper to […]

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. To the editor: Mayoral candidate Fred Keeley cannot be trusted to run our city. He is someone who in the past has contributed to the normalization of political corruption. This path began in April 1995, while he was […]