A crowded Santa Cruz City Council race shows no signs of thinning.
It’s still relatively early, but there are now 11 candidates running for three seats—two of which are open, given that Mayor David Terrazas is termed out and Councilmember Cynthia Chase has ruled out running again.
Since the last time we looked at the race, three new candidates have jumped in: attorney Phillip J. Crawford, who ran unsuccessfully for a county judge seat in 2010; Ashley Scontriano, a dog lover who launched a GoFundMe campaign earlier this year after the city shut down her pet care business, and Craig Bush, who kept a low profile when he last ran for the council in 2014. All three filed statements of intent to run with the city clerk’s office.
Robert Singleton, who ran in 2016, says he’s officially decided to pass on this year’s race.
