Ami Chen Mills wants to “bring climate and resiliency leadership” to Santa Cruz County. She is a climate advocate, mental health educator, social justice and pro-democracy radio show and podcast host, author of three books, journalist and mother of two. She says she can bring new forms of dialogue to our political processes.
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Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson for 3rd District Supervisor: The times call for an immigrant’s tenacity
Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson says the compassion, courage and resilience her Iranian family instilled in her, combined with her tenacity and experience, make her an ideal candidate for 3rd District Supervisor. It’s time, she says, for a woman to serve.
Posted inCoast Life
Quelling the ‘stigma of shame’: The county’s top doctor opens up about the pain of losing a child to fentanyl
If it can happen to Santa Cruz County Public Health Officer Gail Newel and her wife, Kelli, both longtime physicians, then it can happen to any family. If it can happen to the highest achievers in our society, like doctors and dentists and lawyers, then it can happen to anyone. Nyeland Newel was a 38-year-old dentist who picked up an opioid craving while at UC Santa Cruz. His addictive genes collided with America’s opioid crisis in tragic fashion.
Posted inLookout PM Archive
LOOKOUT PM: Gail Newel’s story of grief, a parenting column and Community Voices preview
Happy Wednesday, readers, It was another beautiful day here in Santa Cruz, as previously forecast. That nice weather is still expected to stick around this weekend, so don’t be too bummed about having to work through the sunshine. And, again, a quick reminder that we’re having an open house at our office this Thursday, April […]
Posted inInside Lookout
Today, we launch Community Voices
It’s Lookout’s opinion section for the many challenges of the 2020s. Let’s meet them squarely, rounding up and debating the best ideas among us.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Ernestina Saldaña knows Santa Cruz can do better
Ernestina Saldaña thinks Santa Cruz County needs to do more for people with disabilities. Here, in Lookout’s inaugural opinion video piece, she invites us to join her in her wheelchair for a five-minute experience navigating her Live Oak neighborhood.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
California’s malpractice payouts would rise under a deal to avoid a costly ballot fight
The political deal ensures California’s cap on medical malpractice awards will increase but without a bruising ballot measure battle in November.
Posted inOpinion from Community Voices
Community Voices is here: Dive into Santa Cruz’s new opinion forum
Santa Cruz lives the challenges facing the nation. Our issues of affordability, water use, homelessness, climate change, racial inequality, generational equity, impartial justice and friction over growth mirror those faced across the country. We’re also a community that cares about beauty, art, books, poetry and living a rich, meaningful life. We have much to say, and much to say to each other. This is a space to say it.
Posted inEnvironment
Push to limit California offshore oil after O.C. spill threatened by high taxpayers costs
Senate Bill 953, a proposal that cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, would allow the State Lands Commission to terminate some offshore oil leases by the end of 2024.
