Election 2024

Monterey County, where nearly 30% of the population is foreign-born, is developing a plan to deal with President-elect Trump's promised mass deportations.

Vote counting continues at the local level, but some mayoral results are likely to stand.

Check here for the latest results on local and statewide races.

The Safe Drinking Water, Clean Beaches, Wildfire Risk Reduction, and Wildlife Protection Initiative in Santa Cruz County would add an annual $87 parcel tax and bring in about $7.3 million/year.

The Aromas-San Juan school board changed the way its members were elected in 2022. That decision made it harder to find candidates for this election.

When residents of Pacific Grove cast their ballots, they will once again vote on the size of the city council.

Sizing up the differences between the two candidates for Santa Cruz County District 2 Supervisor, Kristen Brown and Kim De Serpa

Salinas Mayor Kimbley Craig is not running for re-election. Three men are competing to take her place: a former mayor, the president of Salinas’ chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, and a current Monterey County planning commissioner.

Half of the local measures on the November ballot in Monterey County are for school district bonds. Selling bonds allows the districts to borrow money to repair and expand buildings and add science labs or technology to schools.

Measure Z would put a two cents an ounce tax on sugary drinks in the city of Santa Cruz. Opponents have spent more than $1.7 million to fight it.