Your Guide to This Year’s SUA Candidates
As UC Santa Cruz prepares for its spring 2023 Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections, a diverse group of candidates are vying for positions. Representing a broad range of academic backgrounds and areas of interest, these candidates put forth distinct visions for improving the campus community,...
SUA Candidates for Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Diversity and Inclusion
SUA elections will take place from May 15 to May 22, and currently enrolled UCSC students will be able to access ballots virtually through the elections website here. The current SUA positions up for vote are President, Vice President for Internal Affairs (VPIA), Vice President...
Internal and External Affairs: Candidates on the Ballot this Year
SUA elections will take place from May 15 to May 22, and currently enrolled UCSC students will be able to access ballots virtually through the campus elections website here. The current SUA positions up for vote are President, Vice President for Internal Affairs (VPIA), Vice...
Your 2023 SUA Presidential Candidates
As UC Santa Cruz prepares for its spring 2023 Student Union Assembly (SUA) elections, a diverse group of candidates are vying for positions. Representing a broad range of academic backgrounds and areas of interest, these candidates put forth distinct visions for improving the campus community,...
First Votes Counted in Santa Cruz Show Early Leaders In Local Races
This is a developing story. Statistics will be updated as information from Santa Cruz County becomes available. Numbers in this story are correct as of 4 p.m. of Nov. 14. Note: Vote totals do not include overvotes and undervotes. The dust has settled after an...
How Do We Get Out The Vote? Student Organizations Learn Election Mobilizing Tactics
Election Day is around the corner. As it approaches, there are more and more efforts to get young people to the ballot box and make their voices heard. But how do we do that? Three weeks before Election Day, students gathered at the Stevenson Event...
From City Council to County Board, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings race for District 3
After working together on Santa Cruz City Council for two years, Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson and Justin Cummings know each other well. This midterm election season has the two city representatives facing each other for a county supervisor seat. Only 500 votes separated the two candidates in...
This is Our Future: SOMeCA Hosts Tiffany Dena Loftin to #GetOutTheVote
Three weeks ahead of the midterm election on Nov. 8, student organizers on campus are gearing up for the final stretch: it’s time to #GetOutTheVote. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, students gathered at the Stevenson Event Center to hear UC Santa Cruz alumni Tiffany Dena Loftin...
Three Candidates, One Seat: The Battle for District 4
Santa Cruz’s fourth City Council District spans all the way from the bottom of the Upper West Side on High Street to the Beach Flats near the coast on Beach Street, and also encapsulates the city’s downtown area. Ensuring that community voices are heard is...
Seat Up for Grabs: District 6 City Council Election
The streets of Santa Cruz are filling up fast with RVs parked for days on end with nowhere to go, houseless camps residing in public spaces, and worried residents wondering if they’ll be able to make rent next month. With these concerns at the forefront...