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Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN1d
Remembering Mike Rotkin: A Santa Cruz political figure of historic proportions
When the news broke that Mike Rotkin died Wednesday at his home in Santa Cruz, the outpouring of tributes from grieving ...
Lookout Local Santa Cruz4d
Mike Rotkin, former mayor and an essential figure in Santa Cruz progressive activism, dies at 79
Mike Rotkin arrived in Santa Cruz in 1969, not long after the University of California, and soon not only became a pillar of ...
Former Mayor Mike Rotkin, key figure in shaping modern Santa Cruz, dies at 79
Former Santa Cruz mayor and longtime city leader Mike Rotkin died at his home on Wednesday. He was 79.
Lookout Local Santa Cruz1d
Lookout remembers Mike Rotkin: Santa Cruz’s Socrates who had an encyclopedic understanding of our community’s 50-plus years of challenges
Community Voices editor Jody K. Biehl reflects on her three years editing columns by Mike Rotkin and the education he offered her about Santa Cruz County, UCSC and being human.
Santa Cruz Sentinel on MSN1dOpinion
Editorial | Mike Rotkin’s legacy and the service of Carlos Palacios
This past week came the news of two departures, Mike Rotkin from this life and Carlos Palacios at year’s end from his ...
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Former Mayor Mike Rotkin, key figure in shaping modern Santa Cruz, dies at 79
Former Santa Cruz mayor and longtime city leader Mike Rotkin died at his home on Wednesday. He was 79.The progressive polices and the work he accomplished during his decades in leadership have ...