Results of Recall Election Too Close to Call
After a months-long campaign, the effort to recall Santa Cruz City council members Drew Glover and Chris Krohn is projected to pass. At time of press, 7,250 voted in favor of recalling Glover and 5,589 were opposed. There were 6,910 votes in favor of recalling...
Projected Santa Cruz County Measure Results
These are the projected results of Santa Cruz County measures and Proposition 13. For more information on each measure and Proposition 13, read City on a Hill Press’s guide. The county clerk’s office stated votes will not be updated until the afternoon of March 6....
March 3 Measure and Proposition Guide
By Alex Dodd and Haneen Zain Measure R Measure R would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $274,100,000 to repair and upgrade classrooms at Cabrillo College through a one-time purchasing tax on property in Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. Measure T...
Recall Spearheaded by Outside Forces
Santa Cruz United (SCU) began its recall campaign in May 2019. Organizers marketed themselves as a grassroots campaign with the intention of removing City Council members Chris Krohn and Drew Glover from office. SCU grounded its campaign on the claims that Krohn and Glover created an...
Graduate Students Escalate COLA Fight
Natalya Jackson is a sixth-year graduate student in the math department. She’s scheduled to graduate in the spring, and has a job lined up when she does. But recently, Jackson received a student conduct violation notice for theft of intellectual properties and forgeries for allegedly...
UC-AFT and UC Contract Expires
UC Santa Cruz lecturers held a strike at the base of campus in 2003 for a fair contract and increased job security through continuing appointments. Their demands were seen as radical and progressive at the time, but lecturers succeeded in obtaining a contract that set...
Entheogenic Plants Decriminalized in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz City Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution decriminalizing entheogenic plants and fungi in Santa Cruz on Jan. 28, becoming the third city to do so in the United States. The resolution decriminalizes the use of certain psychedelic plants for people aged 21...
Chancellor Announces Disciplinary Action Toward Graduate Students
In an email to students on Jan. 27, Chancellor Cynthia Larive announced disciplinary action toward graduate students who do not submit fall 2019 grades by Feb. 2. Graduate students who do not submit grades will receive a written disciplinary warning in accordance with the UC/United...
Santa Cruz City Council and Board Address University Growth Plans
UC Santa Cruz administration is working to pass a new proposal for the Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) to expand enrollment to 28,000 students by 2040 and introduce new graduate and undergraduate housing through Student Housing West (SHW). The proposal has faced backlash on and...
Date Set for Recall Election
The Santa Cruz County Clerk’s office verified on Nov. 20 that Santa Cruz United (SCU) received 15,899 signatures on the petition to recall City Council members Chris Krohn and Drew Glover. SCU needed 15,876 verified signatures to get the recall on the ballot. About 4,356...