The Sonoma County League of Women Voters hosted a webinar on how to run for office Wednesday. In this excerpt, Debbie McKay, president of the league, talks with Lee Pierce, Santa Rosa’s first Black city council member, who served from 2004 to 2008. Pierce starts by describing what motivated him to run for office.
November 20, 2020
Radio Special: Democracy In Santa Rosa's First District
In 2020, for the first time, residents of Southwest Santa Rosa voted for a city council member to represent their community. The election gave more power to historically disenfranchised neighborhoods in Santa Rosa. How will decades of inequity be addressed after the election? This special, produced…