Q&A with City Council Candidates
City on a Hill Press hosted a forum for Santa Cruz City Council candidates at the Student Media Center to discuss university expansion, police accountability, housing and other issues affecting UC Santa Cruz students. Special thanks to Banana Slug News for filming the candidate’s answers….
Measure D: Tackling Transportation
Twelve years ago, former chair of the Campaign for Sensible Transportation, Paul Elerick, led the charge to vote down a local measure to widen Highway 1. The push to widen the highway has reappeared now with Measure D, and this time around, Elerick is aligning…
State Ballot Measure Breakdown
Seventeen state ballot measures will be put before the California voters at the Nov. 8 election. Citizens will be voting on an array of issues ranging from marijuana legalization and death penalty reform to increased state taxes and medical drug costs. To unpack the complexities…
Drawing New Insights
At 16 years old, artist Tim Eagan drew his first political cartoon during the presidential race between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Eagan placed a comic mocking Nixon in the window in his conservative neighborhood. On election night, Eagan’s house was egged, and from…
Fighting for the Vote
City on a Hill Press Hosts City Council Candidate Forum
City on a Hill Press hosted a forum for city council candidates at the Student Media Center to discuss university expansion, police accountability, housing and other issues affecting UC Santa Cruz students. Here are some of the closing statements of the candidates, when asked why…