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Interview: Sacramento Mayoral Candidate Flojaune Cofer
Source: Capital Public Radio | Insight with Vicki Gonzalez
Today we welcome epidemiologist and public health professional Dr. Flojaune Cofer to discuss why she is running for Sacramento mayor, what sets her apart from opponents, and top priorities if elected.
Intentionally Authentic: Dr. Flo Cofer
Source: Race, Culture and the Church podcast
Mayoral candidate Dr. Flo Cofer speaks with Pastor Mark Meeks on her life, journey and pursuit to make history as the next mayor of Sacramento.
Cofer is “in a unique position” to better serve the needs of everyone in Sacramento | Opinion
Source: The Sacramento Bee | Letters to the Editor
I appreciate the distinctions made between mayoral candidates. As a licensed clinical social worker, I value Dr. Flojaune Cofer’s vision of social workers and police officers working in an interdisciplinary manner for the greater support and safety of the community.
It is also important to recognize that Cofer does not accept any corporate money.
Dr. Flo Cofer | Full Interview with Sacramento Mayoral Candidate
Dr. Flojaune Cofer sits down with ABC 10 to discuss her vision for a Sacramento that works for everyone.
The Sacramento Bee Editorial board endorses change agent Dr. Flojaune Cofer to be the next mayor of Sacramento | Opinion
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By the Sacramento Bee Editorial Board
The Bee Editorial Board endorses Cofer to be the next mayor of Sacramento.
In a field of aspirants loudly calling for change, Cofer is the most likely to bring that change.
D-Lo and KC interview Sacramento mayoral candidate Dr. Flojaune Cofer
Source: ESPN 1320 | By ESPN 1320
In an interview with D-Lo & KC on ESPN 1320, Dr. Flo discusses her vision of a Sacramento that works for everybody.
Sacramento mayoral candidates make their case to voters
Many in the audience arrived undecided, including Tahoe Park neighbor Scott Harrison. "Everybody seems very qualified and they were all good candidates, but I think Dr. Flo is standing out to me," he said.
McClatchy California Editorial Board talks to Sacramento mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer
Source: The Sacramento Bee
McClatchy California Editorial Boards interview Sacramento mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer. See what she had to say on Jan. 12, 2024.
Who is funding the Sacramento mayor’s race?
Source: Sacramento News & Review News & Review | By Scott Thomas Anderson
While Dr. Flojaune Cofer had several sources of support, her pot of campaign cash came overwhelming from individual and small dollar donations. Of her $174,440-plus war chest, some $141,861 of it poured in directly from voters. Many were doctors, nurses, mental health professionals and religious leaders, but the professions also veered into the arts: Cofer was the only mayoral candidate this year to get contributions from people listing themselves as poets, artists, writers and filmmakers.
Organized labor, a bracket that didn’t include public safety or building trade unions in SN&R’s categorical system (those were both separate brackets), amounted to Cofer’s second-largest area of support. She received $9,550 from those union sources.
Who is Flojaune Cofer? Perhaps the first Black woman elected mayor of Sacramento | Opinion
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By Marcos Breton
In a sense, running for mayor fits into her life’s mission. Cofer is the daughter of public school teachers who grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa. On her campaign website, she features family photos of herself as a child with her parents, and the smiles in those photos project warmth and closeness. Sadly, Cofer’s father Raymond is no longer here to feel the immense pride any dad would feel if his daughter was running for mayor. He died at 47 of congestive heart failure in 1994 when Cofer was only 11.
Mayoral Candidate, Civil Rights Attorney Call DA’s Homeless Lawsuits ‘Shameful’
Source: The Sacramento Observer | By Robert J. Hansen
“Threatening the people who are fighting – and succeeding – to create solutions is a special type of cruelty,” Dr. Cofer said. “How many times are we going to try to criminalize poverty before we realize it is a bad idea?”
Sacramento mayoral candidate denounces DA’s legal fight against city over homelessness response
Source: Capital Public Radio | By Chris Nichols
“We should all be working together to find short and long-term solutions,” said Cofer, “which is why Thien Ho threatening action against a safe ground site — which is actively creating an immediate and quite successful solution — is so incredibly appalling.”
Sacramento mayoral candidate slams district attorney for homeless lawsuits against city
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By Theresa Clift
Sacramento mayoral candidate Flojaune Cofer is accusing Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho of “criminalizing homelessness” in his ongoing legal action against the city.
Is Sacramento ‘going backwards’? Mayor candidates offer vision for new direction
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By Ariane Lange
But it was Cofer — an epidemiologist, a progressive organizer and a political newcomer known as Dr. Flo — who emerged to thunderous applause as the clear crowd favorite. Sacramento NAACP vice president Tijuana Barnes announced at the end that in a straw poll of audience members, Cofer won 72 out of 82 votes.
Race for Sacramento’s mayor: An Interview with Dr. Flojaune Cofer
Source: Sacramento News & Review | By Lucas McMaster, Malachi Parker, Jacob Peterson, Raymond Purscell and Aya Mikbel
Public Health Advocate Dr. Flojaune Cofer says she is running for mayor to bridge the gap between what the people of Sacramento want and what their current leaders are doing.
Cofer is the senior policy director for the nonprofit lobbying organization Public Health Advocates. She is also known for her work as chair of the advisory committee for Measure U, a sales tax increase adopted by voters in 2012 and bolstered by another vote in 2018. The measure was largely intended to help develop Sacramento’s underserved neighborhoods.
Unity of Sacramento presents Sacramento Mayoral Town Hall with Dr. Flojaune Cofer
Source: Unity of Sacramento
Epidemiologist and Sacramento Mayoral Candidate, Dr. Flo Cofer shares her journey into public health, policies and politics and discusses issues confronting our community.
Mayoral Candidate Dr. Flojaune Cofer Talks Policing, Homelessness And Government Dysfunction
Source: The Sacramento Observer | By By Aya Mikbel, Christina Mendez, Lucas McMaster, Sonia Pagan and Michael Pepper
Public health advocate Dr. Flojaune Cofer, who was also chair of the Measure U Community Advisory Committee, would be the first Black woman to serve as mayor of Sacramento if she is elected.
Community Health: Dr. Flo Cofer
Source: Race, Culture and the Church podcast
Epidemiologist and Sacramento Mayoral Candidate, Dr. Flo Cofer shares her journey into public health, policies and politics and discusses issues confronting our community.
Black Change Maker: Flojaune Cofer, senior director of policy at Public Health Advocates
Source: The Sacramento Bee
Flojaune Cofer, the senior director of policy at Public Health Advocates in Sacramento, talks at The Bee about being a Black Change Maker in 2023 and the change she hopes to see in Sacramento.
Sacramento mayor’s race gets ugly as progressive Black woman is urged to quit | Opinion
Source: The Sacramento Bee | By Tom Philp
The head of a Sacramento-based public affairs firm has called on a candidate for mayor to drop out of the race because she allegedly raised too much money too early from too many supporters. Steven Maviglio has no legal standing to force Flojaune Cofer to end her campaign, but in a broader sense, this skirmish reveals a bruising power struggle within Sacramento’s city politics.