Candidates for Santa Cruz mayor: (top row from left) Ami Chen Mills, Ryan Coonerty, (bottom row from left) Gillian Greensite, Chris Krohn, Joy Schendledecker. Credit: Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz

Five candidates are competing to become the city of Santa Cruz’s next mayor: Ami Chen Mills, Ryan Coonerty, Gillian Greensite, Chris Krohn and Joy Schendledecker. Coonerty and Krohn have held the office before, while Chen Mills, Greensite and Schendledecker are well-known activists, none of whom have ever held political office. Lookout has covered the race here.

Lookout asked each candidate five simple questions we think will give readers a sense of who  they are, what they stand for, and how they could shape the future of the city. We include their responses here in alphabetical order. 

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