About This Event
Join Lookout Santa Cruz as we bring together the two candidates vying for your vote for 2nd District Santa Cruz County Supervisor in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.
Hear from the two candidates, Kim De Serpa and Kristen Brown, in a panel discussion at Cabrillo College’s Horticulture Building on Monday, Sept. 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., hosted and moderated by Lookout Politics and Policy Correspondent Chris Neely.
This forum offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from the candidates as they present their platforms and answer your questions. All are welcome — Lookout members and non-members alike. This event is free and open to the public, but has limited in-person capacity, so RSVP to save your seat now. If you cannot make this event or it fills up, know that we will livestream the event and provide video after the event as well.
This forum is part of Lookout’s continuing and growing commitment to serve voters. Stay informed with our 2024 Election. Our newsroom team of 10 has planned thorough coverage through the election and its results. Lookout membership supports the work of our journalists. If you are not yet a Lookout member, become one today.
Don’t miss this chance to get informed before the primary election!
District 2 stretches down the Monterey Bay coastline from Capitola down to Pajaro Dunes, encompassing the more suburban Aptos along with the rural tracts of Corralitos, Freedom and Amesti. The winner of this election will replace the retiring board chair, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors creates laws for unincorporated county areas, sets the county budget and oversees county roads. Each supervisor also serves on the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, which oversees work on highways, roads, rail and alternative transit.
About the candidates:
Kristen Brown is the mayor of Capitola, where she has served two consecutive terms on the city council dais. Professionally, Brown works as vice president of governmental relations for the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Through her role on Capitola City Council, she also sits as a director for the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments and is a committee members on the California League of Cities. She previously worked as a congressional aide for Reps. Sam Farr and Jimmy Panetta.
Kim De Serpa has served as a trustee for the Pajaro Valley Unified School District for over a decade, where she helped develop the first playground in the county for children with disabilities. De Serpa has a long career in social work and healthcare, and she currently works as the social services manager at the Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. In 2021, De Serpa was named Woman of the Year by the Watsonville International Women’s Day Coalition.
This event is sponsored by KAZU and Cabrillo College President's Office
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