The University of California,Santa Cruz is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz,California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay,on the edge of the coastal community of Santa Cruz,the campus lies on 2,001 acres (810 ha) of rolling,forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In Fall 2022,its ten residential colleges enroll some 17,500 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students.
Santa Cruz is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County,in Northern California. As of the 2020 census,the city population was 62,956. Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay,Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination,owing to its beaches,surf culture,and historic landmarks.
Santa Cruz County,officially the County of Santa Cruz,is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Santa Cruz–Watsonville,CA Metropolitan Statistical Area,which is also included in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland,CA Combined Statistical Area. The county is on the California Central Coast,south of the San Francisco Bay Area region. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay,with Monterey County forming the southern coast.
Leon Edward Panetta is an American politician and government official who has served under several Democratic administrations as Secretary of Defense (2011–2013),director of the CIA (2009–2011),White House Chief of Staff (1994–1997),director of the Office of Management and Budget (1993–1994),and as a U.S. Representative from California (1977–1993).
Jose "Joe" Esteves was the mayor of Milpitas,California. A Republican,Esteves was born in the Philippines and graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman before immigrating to the United States in 1980. He was elected to Milpitas City Council in 1998 and went on to serve as mayor between 2002 and 2008,and again from 2010 to 2016.
John Laird,an American politician,is the California State Senator for District 17,since 7 December 2020,and was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011-2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County,Santa Cruz County and Monterey County. Laird was one of the first two openly gay men to serve in the California legislature. Laird became one of the United States' first openly gay mayors in 1983 when he took over the mayoralty of the city of Santa Cruz,California.
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is a museum which was established in May 1986 to document the history of surfing. With collections dating back to the earliest years of surfing on mainland United States,the museum houses a historical account of surfing in Santa Cruz,California.
Mike Rotkin is a lecturer at the University of California,Santa Cruz,long-term city council member,and an ex-mayor of Santa Cruz,California. source:https://scmtd.com/en/fares/38-agency-info/administration/board-of-directors/103-bod-bio-mike-rotkin
Lorette M. Wood was an American politician. Wood was the first woman to be elected to the city council of Santa Cruz,California,in 1967. She later became the first woman to serve as mayor of Santa Cruz upon her appointment to the office by city council in 1971.
Neal Coonerty was the Third District Supervisor for the County of Santa Cruz,California. He did two terms on the Board of Supervisors. He was elected in 1990 to the Santa Cruz City Council where his one term included a year as Mayor.
Louis B. "Bert" Muhly was an American politician,academic,planning practitioner and social activist.
Don Lane is a community organizer,university instructor,former elected official,and former nonprofit organization administrator in Santa Cruz,California. Lane spent many years working and managing the Saturn Cafe after graduating from the University of California,Santa Cruz in 1978. While operating the Saturn Cafe,Lane served the community in multiple capacities in the City of Santa Cruz and community groups;leading to his serving as Santa Cruz Mayor in 1992 and again in 2012 and 2015. Lane lives with his wife Mary Howe,a retired UCSC electronics technician,who leads the Village Santa Cruz organization. His younger daughter Tida Lane-Howe,lives in Portland,Oregon with wife Melissa Lane-Howe,working within Logistics and Administration. His older daughter Soji Howe is a teacher and lives in Davis,CA with her husband Marin and children Marina and Sage.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for Santa Cruz County,California. As required by California Law,the board comprises five elected members,each of whom represents one of five districts.
Dave Potter is a California politician,having served at the state,county,and city levels.
The 1989 election for Mayor of Los Angeles took place on April 11,1989. Incumbent Tom Bradley was re-elected over ten candidates in the primary election. It would be the last time Bradley ran for mayor,as he chose to retire after his fifth term.
John L. Leopold is a supervisor in Santa Cruz County. He was elected in 2008,2012,and 2016 to represent the First District. He is also a member of the Soquel Aptos Groundwater Management Committee. He is known for his stance against fracking.
Mardi Wormhoudt was a politician and social worker.
James Varni Panetta is an American lawyer,politician,and former Navy intelligence officer from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party,he is the U.S. representative for California's 19th congressional district. Formerly his district was numbered the 20th congressional district. His district includes much of California's Central Coast,including Monterey,Salinas,Santa Cruz,Carmel-by-the-Sea,and Paso Robles to the south. Panetta was first elected in 2016,after working as a deputy district attorney for Monterey County. He is the son of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta,and holds the same congressional seat his father once held.
The 2018 California State Treasurer general election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the State Treasurer of California. Incumbent Democratic Treasurer John Chiang did not run for re-election to a second term and instead ran unsuccessfully for governor.
The Rispin Mansion is a historic mansion,on the National Register of Historic Places,located in Capitola,California. The building was constructed in 1921 by San Franciscan Henry Allen Rispin. It was built with four stories,22 rooms,and over 7,100 square feet (660 m2) on the grounds of what was called "Camp Capitola". Described as being "cursed," Rispin Mansion was first used as a real-estate showroom,and then,at various times,as a residence,a nunnery,a SWAT practice ground,and a ghost hunting site.
