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Santa Cruz County & City Government
Santa Cruz County
- County of Santa Cruz
- Santa Cruz County online telephone directory
- 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"
- Santa Cruz County GIS Map Gallery
- Boundary maps for school, fire, supervisorial districts, etc.
Cities
Monterey Bay Area Region
- 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)
- Bay Area Air Quality Management District
- Air quality plans and data for the Bay Area
Guides to Local Government
- Guide to Municipal Government
- Overview of California Municipal Government; from the League of Women Voters
- Facts About California Cities
- From the California League of Cities web page
- CSAC's County Governments
- From the California State Association of Counties
- National League of Cities
- NLC represents municipal governments throughout the US and offers resources including research, analysis, and city practices database.
- State and local governments
- From the Library of Congress
- UCSC Campus History
- Local History & Santa Cruziana
- Local historical resources including photographs, texts, and oral histories; from UCSC Library Special Collections
