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This year, Elk Grove will have at least two new city council members representing Districts 2 and 4. In this three-part Elk Grove News Podcasts series, we are interviewing the three District 2 candidates. In this edition, we talk with Felipe Martin. The introductory music, Chariots of Fire, was selected
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In the effort to raise consumer taxes in Sacramento County by $8.5 billion, proponents of Measure A have sent mailers promising specific transportation projects. A four-age glossy mailer received by Elk Grove voters from the Yes on Measure A group has presented a list of promises. Among them is
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In a shot across the bow, Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate Jaclyn Moreno assailed her opponent as untrustworthy and supported by an extremist group. Moreno, a Democratic Cosumnes Community Services District Director, made the accusations against her Republican opponent, Elk Grove City Councilmember Pat Hume. The mailer
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As if to fulfill the description of a supporter who said he is a family man for a family community, with the support of his family and several volunteers, Gieze Bermudez continues his canvassing operation in Elk Grove’s District 4 city council race. We caught up with Bermudez, his
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In an escalation of their war of words, California Assembly District 10 candidate and Elk Grove City Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen struck back at her opponent today, Eric Guerra. Yesterday Guerra, a Sacramento City Councilmember, issued a statement critical of Nguyen after Elk Grove was sued by a developer of a
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A mailer sent by an independent expenditure committee opposing Sacramento County Board of Supervisor District 5 candidate Pat Hume calls him a Trump Republican. Hume, a Republican Elk Grove City Councilmember, is facing Democrat Cosumnes Community Services District Director Jaclyn Moreno. With the headline “Donald Trump isn’t the only
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A mailer was received by Republican voters this week supporting Democratic California Assembly District 10 candidate Stephanie Nguyen. The mailer was an independent expenditure by DaVita, Inc. Designed to motivate District 10 Republican voters who traditionally support police, the mailer advises them, “Your vote can help prevent crime.” On the
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The first mailer for Elk Grove City Council District 2 candidate Felipe Martin has arrived in recent days for voters. Martin is one of three candidates vying to replace Pat Hume, who is running for the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Martin, who lacks the name recognition of three-term Cosumnes
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Today a lawsuit was filed against the City of Elk Grove for rejecting a proposed supportive housing project in the city’s Old Town Special Planning Area. As a result of that rejection and the approval of a nearby Old Town market-rate apartment project, the proposed and rejected Oak Rose
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Financial disclosures filed today with the California Secretary of State show that the same independent expenditure committee spending $1.2 million on behalf of a State Senate District 8 candidate will also spend over $799,000 for an Assembly District 10 candidate. The “Coalition to Restore California’s Middle Class,
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In the contest to replace outgoing Elk Grove City Council District 2 Councilmember Stephanie Nguyen, the donor class that has funded other council members continues to funnel money into one of the two candidates in the race. According to the Elk Grove City Clerk’s filings, Elk Grove Planning Commissioner
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Today Sacramento City Councilmember and State Senate District 8 candidate announced she received the endorsement of former Democratic California Gov. Jerry Brown. Ashby faces fellow Democrat former California Assemblymember and Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones in an increasingly acrimonious battle. In making the endorsement, Ashby said the four-term governor listed accomplishments