Government Publications and Law
Santa Cruz and Other Municipal Government Resources
Page Contains:
- City of Santa Cruz
- Other Cities in Santa Cruz County
- Santa Cruz County
- Selected Santa Cruz Government Agencies
- Monterey Bay Area
- Central Coast/ Bay Area Governments
- Other Local California Governments
City of Santa Cruz
- City of Santa Cruz Homepage
- City Departments and Divisions
- Links and brief descriptions of each City department and division
- City Telephone Directory
- Contact information for city entities
- City Elections Office
- Links to information on local political candidates
- Statistics
- Links to sites providing statistical information for Santa Cruz City
- Santa Cruz Online Municipal Code
- Search for a section of the city code
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)
- For the City of Santa Cruz. This site uses frames.
- Use the following path to find current and previous reports: City Departments and Divisions > Finance > Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
Other Cities in Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County
- County of Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County online telephone directory
- Santa Cruz County Code
- County Elections Office
- Information on county elections and other election related tidbits
- Local statistics
- From the Santa Cruz Public Library
- Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project
- 1995-most recent (1998 is not online). Includes statistics on education, health, economics, the environment, etc.
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- Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District
- Provides conservation information, support, and analysis to Santa Cruz County governments, property owners, and other government agencies regarding resource conservation, watershed assessments, conservation plans, and agricultural issues
- What's New on InfoPoint
- For Santa Cruz County
- USA Counties data
- (via the U.S. Census Bureau) select USA Counties -> California -> Santa Cruz County; select topics of interest
Selected Santa Cruz Government Agencies
- Agriculture Commissioner, County of Santa Cruz
- Finance Department, City of Santa Cruz
- Economic Development and Redevelopment, Santa Cruz City
- Information on various development projects including housing, employment, public facilities
- Tax Collector's Office, County of Santa Cruz
- Information about property taxes in Santa Cruz County
- Local statistics
- From the Santa Cruz Public Library
- City Council of Santa Cruz
- Includes meeting minutes from 1996 to present and city ordinances from 2004 to present
- Santa Cruz Public Library
- Government
- From the Santa Cruz Public Library's Local History page
- Clipping File Index
- "The clipping file is a large collection of articles of local interest which have been gathered from a variety of newspapers. The articles range in date from the early 1900's to the present." (ongoing project)
- Local Measures
- Find Santa Cruz County ballot measures from 1980-most recent
- Santa Cruz County Law Library
- Includes "Local Court Rules" and the Santa Cruz Municipal Code
- Watsonville Public Library
- Metro Online
- County bus service information, including schedules
- Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
- Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency
- Includes a bibliography of studies done on water in this area
- Santa Cruz LAFCO
- "The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) was created by State law in 1963 to regulate the boundaries of cities and special districts"
Monterey Bay Area
- Elkhorn Slough
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Monterey Bay Area Cooperative Library System
- Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District
- "Responsible for air monitoring, permitting, enforcement, long-range air quality planning, regulatory development, education and public information related to air pollution."
Central Coast/Bay Area Governments
- Monterey County
- San Benito County
- San Mateo County
- Santa Clara County
- ABAG (Assoc. of Bay Area Governments [San Francisco Bay])
- Links to city and county governments
- AMBAG (Assoc. of Monterey Bay Area Governments)
Other California Local Governments
- Alphabetical lists of California cities, lists of cities by population, lists of counties, etc.
- From the California League of Cities web page
- California web sites
- Page down past the State web pages until you get to the counties and cities
- CSAC's County Governments
- From the California State Association of Counties
- Municipal Codes Online
- (via the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library at UC Berkeley) scroll down to see list of cities/municipalities
- State and local governments
- From the Library of Congress
- South Coast Air Quality Management District
- Air pollution control agency for Orange County and major portions of Los Angeles, San Bernadino, and Riverside counties in Southern California
Updated September 21, 2007
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