County Supervisor Candidate forum:
3rd & 4th Districts

On May 25, 2022 Community Bridges, Nonprofit Connection Santa Cruz County, Ventures, Salud Para La Gente, and Human Care Alliance held a free Zoom forum to allow nonprofits providing health and human service support to Santa Cruz County residents to engage with the candidates on the issue that affect our participants.

To view a video of the discussion, please click here.
To hear audio in Spanish, please click here.

Candidates were also asked to provide written responses to questions submitted by each of the nonprofit sponsors.  Their responses and information about how to reach out to individual campaigns can be found below.

Ami Chen-Mills – Candidate for 3rd District Supervisor
Email: amichenmills@gmail.com/Website: AmiChenMills.com
Forum Responses

Justin Cummings – Candidate for 3rd District Supervisor
Email: Cummings4supervisor@gmail.com/Website: CummingsforSupervisor.com
Forum Responses 

Shebreh Kalantari-Johnson – Candidate for 3rd District Supervisor
Email: Shebreh4SantaCruz@gmail.com/Website: Shebreh.org
Forum Responses

Ed Acosta – Candidate for 4th District Supervisor
Email: Elect.EdAcosta@gmail.com/Website: N/A
Forum Responses

Jimmy Dutra – Candidate for 4th District Supervisor
Email: ElectJimmyDutra@gmail.com/Website: JimmyDutra.com
Forum Responses 

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