Election 2020: By the numbers
President/DemsBernie SandersJoe BidenMichael BloombergElizabeth Warren20th CongressJimmy PanettaJeff GormanAdam Bolanos Scow30th AssemblyRobert RivasGregory SwettMeasure K (Nodes) YesNoMeasure L (SBHS)YesNoMeasure M (Aromas/San Juan)YesNoProp. 13 (schools)YesNoSan Benito County Board of SupervisorsDistrict 1Mark Medina Betsy DirksDistrict 2Kollin Kosmicki Wayne Norton Valerie Egland Frank Barragan John Freeman District 5Bea...
Medina wins District 1 re-election, Kosmicki leads in District 2, tight race in District 5
Unofficial, incomplete returns tonight showed one incumbent San Benito County supervisor— Mark Medina in District 1—headed towards election with more than 60 percent of vote, and another— Jaime de La Cruz in District 5—hanging on to a razor-thin margin, according to the county Elections...
New initiative targets Hollister growth
A citizens group that opposes commercial development of agricultural land submitted an initiative March 2 that would establish an urban growth boundary around the City of Hollister if approved by voters in November.
Preserve Our Rural Communities, led by Aromas residents Andy and Mary Hsia-Coron...
Most San Benito campaign cash goes to incumbents and ballot measures
The hotly contested races—and the incumbents—attracted the most contributions in San Benito County’s primary election campaigns, according to the latest reports filed with the Elections Office.
Nearly $90,000 had been raised through Feb. 15 in the campaigns surrounding Measure K, a referendum on the commercial...
Weekend voting at Elections Office in Hollister
San Benito County voters can cast their Presidential Primary ballots this weekend at the county Elections Office, 9am-3pm Saturday and Sunday.
The Elections Office, at 440 5th St., Hollister, has been open for early voting on weekdays 8am-5pm, since Feb. 3, and voting will continue...
Spencer, Richman defeat censure motion in Hollister City Council
Hollister Mayor Pro Tem Honor Spencer and Councilmember Marty Richman on Tuesday voted against censuring themselves for making threatening and obscene comments about colleague Rolan Resendiz in private and in public.
The Feb. 18 vote came four weeks after the pair voted to censure Resendiz...
Council votes 3-2 to censure Rolan Resendiz for social media posts
Hollister city council members arrived at Tuesday’s meeting ready for combat.
Most of a standing-room-only crowd of 200 showed up to plead with their elected representatives for peace.
As the council considered a proposal to formally censure Councilmember Rolan Resendiz for repeated negative social media posts,...
Police, DA investigating texts to council member as harassment, homophobic slurs
Hollister police are investigating what Mayor Ignacio Velazquez calls a “hate crime” against a council member by prominent local lobbyist and former mayor Victor Gomez.
Velazquez announced the investigation in a written statement to the Free Lance before the Jan. 21 city council meeting and...
Election 2020: District Two supervisor
The Free Lance takes a first look at the District Two county supervisor race. The Free Lance will look at the candidates in District One and District Five next week. Coverage of candidates’ views on top issues will follow.
One year ago, four-term San Benito...
Hollister’s City Hall drama reaches ‘Pantsuit Nation’
The public anger that led to the resignation of Hollister’s city manager candidate hasn’t subsided— it’s gone viral.
In his Nov. 15 resignation letter, Interim City Manager Paul Eckert said he had been the victim of a “witch-hunt” and warned that he “will likely take...
