Erik Chalhoub here, looking at the language voters were presented with in November 2024 for Measure AA.
Erik Chalhoub here, thinking back to when I purchased my vehicle in 2021 at Premier Hyundai of Seaside to take advantage of the pandemic-era d…
Sara Rubin here, reflecting on how a “new normal” has taken shape. A seemingly bottomless well of attacks on democratic norms and policies and…
What would you do with $120.7 million? In the case of the City of Monterey, the answer is: Run the city for the fiscal year 2025-26, which goe…
SAND DOLLARS… Squid would like to extend hearty congratulations to the budget directors in each of Monterey County’s 12 cities for a job well …
After weeks of hearings and deliberations, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors is set to meet on Thursday, June 22 to approve a $1.9 bill…
Despite approving the largest budget in the city’s history, $57 million for the 2021-22 and 2022-2023 fiscal years, and approving projects suc…
A year ago this time, as cities throughout Monterey County were staring down the early months of the pandemic and wondering how it would impac…
On his “California Comeback Plan” tour the week of May 10, Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out how he wants to use an estimated $76 billion budget surp…