{"id":21755,"date":"2024-02-14T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=21755"},"modified":"2024-02-14T11:56:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T18:56:00","slug":"candidates-for-district-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/candidates-for-district-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask candidates for District 16, they organize a forum in Half Moon Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_21756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21756\" style=\"width: 1234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21756 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16.jpeg\" alt=\"Ask candidates for District 16, they organize a forum in Half Moon Bay\" width=\"1234\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16.jpeg 1234w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-300x156.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-1024x533.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-768x400.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-18x9.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-150x78.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-696x362.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/candidatos-distrito-16-1068x556.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1234px) 100vw, 1234px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-21756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Organizations have coordinated a forum so that residents can listen to proposals and ask questions to the candidates for District 16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are in the middle of the election season and, at the local, state and federal level, it is important to know and understand who the candidates for a seat or position are, since they will represent us. In light of this, organizations have coordinated a forum so that residents of District 16 can hear proposals and ask questions to those who will be their voice in government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The appointment is this coming Tuesday, February 20, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in person at Half Moon Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizers of this upcoming Candidate Forum are Thrive Alliance, Ayudando Latinos A So\u00f1ar (ALAS), Coastside Hope, Pacifica Resource Center, Puente de la Costa Sur (Puente), Senior Coastsiders, and South Coast Sustainable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This collaborative effort brings together a coalition of community organizations dedicated to fostering positive change. Together, they will introduce Congressional District 16 candidates to the vibrant and diverse communities along the coast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These Candidate Forums serve as a vital platform to elevate and address the most pressing issues facing nonprofit organizations and their communities in San Mateo County.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The attending candidates are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peter Dixon, Co-Founder, With Honor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rishi Kumar, Chief Revenue Officer, nFolks Data Solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam Liccardo, former mayor of the city of San Jose<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Julie Lythcott-Haims, Palo Alto City Councilwoman<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joe Simitian, Santa Clara County Supervisor<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">District 16 includes the cities of Atherton, La Honda, Ladera, Loma Mar, Menlo Park, Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, Pescadero, Portola Valley, and Woodside in San Mateo County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, in Santa Clara County it concerns the cities of Campbell, Cambrian Park, Fruitdale, Lexington Hills, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Parts of San Jose, including unincorporated communities, Saratoga, and Stanford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To attend this forum it is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/info.thrivealliance.org\/candidate-forum-congressional-16-district_landing-page_2.20.24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">registration required<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/senate-candidates\/\">Barbara Lee, Katie Porter and Adam Schiff: California&#039;s US Senate Candidates<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estamos en plena temporada electoral y, a nivel local, estatal y federal, es importante saber y conocer qui\u00e9nes son los candidatos a tener un esca\u00f1o o puesto, pues estos nos representaran. Ante ello, organizaciones han coordinado un foro para que residentes del Distrito 16 puedan escuchar propuestas y realizar preguntas a quienes ser\u00e1n su voz [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":21757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21758,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21755\/revisions\/21758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}