Tuesday May 26

City of Santa Cruz Mayoral Candidate Forum: Tourism & the Creative Economy

Presented in partnership by All About Theatre, Arts Council Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz Public Libraries and Visit Santa Cruz County
Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center   |  6:30 - 8:00pm
1010 River St, Santa Cruz, CA

OPEN TO ALL  |  FREE ADMISSION

Wednesday May 20

SANTA CRUZ CANDIDATES NIGHT ON HOMELESSNESS

Calvary Episcopal Church   |  6:00 - 8:00pm
532 Center St, Santa Cruz, held at Parrish Hall on Cedar Street
OPEN TO ALL  |  FREE ADMISSION
Sponsored by the Santa Cruz Homeless Union
831-431-7766 for more info

Thursday May 14

2026 PRIMARY ELECTION CANDIDATES FORUM

Kaiser Permanente Arena   |  6:00 - 8:00pm
140 Front Street, Santa Cruz

OPEN TO ALL  |  FREE ADMISSION

Tuesday May 12

SANTA CRUZ MAYORAL & COUNCIL CANDIDATES
ANOTHER WAY ELECTION FORUM

LONDON NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER |  6:00 - 8:00pm
301 Center St, Santa Cruz

OPEN TO ALL  |  FREE ADMISSION

Thursday May 7

LOOKOUT SANTA CRUZ: ELECTION FORUM FOR MAYOR CANDIDATES

Hotel Paradox  |  5:30 - 8:00pm
611 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz

Sunday May 3

GRANT STREET NEIGHBORHOOD MEET & GREET

Grant Street Park  |  2:00pm
150 Grant Street, Santa Cruz

Contact Brad Angell at brad@meridiem.org

Monday April 6

FUNDRAISER for CHRIS KROHN FOR MAYOR CAMPAIGN

123 Green Street, Santa Cruz  |  6:00 - 8:00pm

Featuring Klez California, Yiddish Folk Singer Mark Levy

Dinner will be served.

Saturday April 4

ENDORSEMENT MEETING - DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

Capitola Library in the Ow Room  |  10:00 am - 12:00 noon

This will be a hybrid meeting open to the public. Only DWCSCC members, with a current membership of at least 30 days and who have paid their dues, are eligible to vote on the endorsement. An endorsement requires support from 50% +1 of those voting. DWCSCC members will vote on Club endorsements and possible contributions to the campaigns.

Thursday April 2

SIP & MIX ELECTION 2026
PLEASURE PIZZA DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ
5:30 - 7:00pm

Come to the Sip + Mix and get to know Election 2026 candidates. There will be candidates from the City Council, Mayor and County Supervisor races there.

RSVP:  yimbycc/AprilSipMix

Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

Membership & Endorsement Meeting: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

7:00pm - Welcome & General Business

7:05pm - Review of endorsement process
Questions, responses, time, voting, notification of endorsements

7:10pm-7:15pm - Supervisors

• District 3: Justin Cummings
• District 4: Felipe Hernandez

7:15pm - 7:30pm - Superior Court Judge

• Bryan Hackett

Santa Cruz City Council

7:30-8:15 Mayor 

• Ryan Coonerty
• Gillian Greensite
• Ami Chen Mills
• Joy Schendledecker
• Chris Krohn

8:15-9:00 District 4 

• Scott Newsome
• Hector Marin

8:15-9:00 District 6 

• Renee Golder
• Gabriella Noack

Sunday March 29

Campaign Kick-Off Party!

2:00 - 4:00pm
215 Gharkey Street, Santa Cruz
(The home of Ron Pomerantz and Jane Weed)

• What does "Santa Cruz is Not For Sale" really mean?
• How will our community respond when ICE comes to town?
• What does democracy look like at City Hall?

Contact:  Chris4Mayor2026@gmail.com