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Chris recently authored a Letter to the Editor of Good Times Santa Cruz. You can read the article at Good Times here: Power Grab? Stop the presses, Santa Cruz, we have a problem. Mayor Fred Keeley...

by Max Chun, Lookout Santa Cruz | Chris Krohn says he wasn’t really considering running for Santa Cruz mayor even six months ago, but when he kept hearing concerns that there might be only one candidate — longtime...

The city of Santa Cruz now has five candidates running for mayor in the June 2 election. Five! Hands down, the establishment candidate is Ryan Coonerty. If you think someone thoroughly vetted by the political and...

The rent is too damn high. I am running for Mayor of Santa Cruz because Santa Cruz is Not for Sale. For the past five years outside developers are building mostly high-end apartments with rents far...

The history of Santa Cruz is the history of our precious, and vulnerable, natural environment. The environment is under attack by outside developer forces. I am running for Mayor because Santa Cruz is NOT for Sale....

PUBLISHED: April 6, 2026 at 4:48 PM PDT By Chris Krohn I’m not sure if I glimpsed the future of the once great Surf City, but what I saw during a recent tour of new housing...

Candidates for all three races were given two minutes for introductions and to discuss some of their priorities if elected, followed by questions from Flynn and the audience. Coonerty was the only mayoral candidate who was...

By PK HATTIS | pkhattis@santacruzsentinel.com The Santa Cruz decisions were much less straightforward. The crowded race for Santa Cruz mayor featured five candidates who arrived with a range of backgrounds and varied political experience. Those who...

LOOKOUT SANTA CRUZ BY MAX CHUN Quick Take: The Democratic Central Committee could not come to a consensus on which Santa Cruz City Council and mayoral candidates to endorse, so it will not endorse anyone ahead...

SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL By CAROLINE HEMPHILL | chemphill@santacruzsentinel.com PUBLISHED: March 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM PDT SANTA CRUZ — Chris Krohn, former Santa Cruz City Council member and mayor, has entered the five-candidate race for mayor...