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The total budget appropriations requested are more than $267 million, according to a presentation by Finance Director Marissa Duran. One of the biggest sources of revenue is the city's General Fund, which saw an increase in revenues for the past fiscal year but also a $2.3 million in operating costs, which has required city staff to review expenditures and identify savings to propose a balanced budget. ....
Despite safety concerns addressed by some council members, the Watsonville City Council voted by a slim margin to introduce a first reading approving amendments to the city's cannabis ordinance at its Tuesday meeting. ....
Rep. Zoe Lofgren paid a visit to Salinas on Friday to present two of her constituent cities with separate checks totaling $959,752 each to go toward improvements to Salinas and Watsonville's wastewater treatment plants. ....
A long-awaited revitalization of Ramsay Park is set to take place, as the Watsonville City Council unanimously voted to approve a construction contract with Robert A. Bothman Inc. at its Tuesday meeting. ....
For only the second time in Watsonville's history, the City Council will be led by two women, and for the first time by two Millennial Latina women. Vanessa Quiroz-Carter, 37, and Maria Orozco, 35, were sworn in to their new roles as mayor and mayor pro tempore respectively at Tuesday's meeting as part of the city's annual reshuffling of leadership. ....