Election 2022: Final votes counted as Santa Cruz County certifies election
The Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office finished its vote count on Tuesday and certified the results of the Nov. 8 election. In total, county voters cast 106,044 ballots in this election out of 166,837 registered voters, a turnout rate of around 63.56%.
State Watch: Election 2022
Santa Cruz County primary election 2022 guide
The candidates for the newly created State Assembly District 28, who spoke at a Lookout-moderated forum last week,…
2022 Election Op-Eds
Lookout Candidate Forums: 2022
Lookout candidate forum: Some sparks, some smiles as Fred and Joy, Shebreh and Justin debate
At Lookout’s first forum of the season Thursday evening, 75 Santa Cruzans packed a room at the Hotel Paradox to see mayoral candidates Fred Keeley and Joy Schendledecker and county supervisor candidates Justin Cummings and Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson face off. Community Voices editor Jody K. Biehl moderated the two panels, which covered the serious issues of…
District 3 dividing lines: Homelessness response is one place Cummings, Kalantari-Johnson show differences
Third District Santa Cruz County Supervisor hopefuls Justin Cummings and Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson sparred gently at Thursday evening’s candidate debate hosted by Lookout at the Hotel Paradox. How to help the unhoused, and in what ways, was the top issue that separated the two Santa Cruz City Council members.
Lookout forum: Tracking what was said for and against Measure N and Measure O
The second of three Lookout election forums brought together those on both sides of two key ballot measures facing voters in the city of Santa Cruz. Max Chun and Christopher Neely break out key moments of Monday’s debate, moderated by Wallace Baine, with video from Kevin Painchaud.









