Since 2011, Amanda Robinson Segers has been known for her vivacious involvement in community politics and volunteer activity within Santa CruzCounty. Known by many in ScottsValley, San LorenzoValley, Santa Cruz and SouthCounty as Amanda Robinson, she recently was married and is now Amanda Robinson Segers.

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The 16th Annual Environmental Town Hall

On November 4, 2014, voters overwhelmingly (by 77 percent) approved Proposition 47, the initiative allowing “those with records that include certain low-level felonies to have old charges reclassified as misdemeanors, opening up new opportunities for housing, education and employment.” This may enable as many as 11,000 Santa CruzCounty residents to clear their records and put them on the path to a brighter future.

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E-books now available through Scotts Valley Public Library

On Thursday, November 19, the San Lorenzo Valley Water District’s Board of Directors conducted a public hearing to give customers the opportunity to protest the proposed rate increase of $1 per every unit of 748 gallons of water consumed. If written protests against the proposed surcharge had been filed at or prior to the end of the protest hearing by a majority of the affected property owners, the District Board would not have approved the surcharge.