https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/browse?tags=Government&page=2&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CTitle&output=atom2024-03-28T11:45:43-07:00Omekahttps://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/9385 110 Cooper Street]]>2019-02-09T10:35:25-08:00
Cooper House in perspective. It served Santa Cruz as its County Courthouse. The land for the Courthouse was donated by the Moores and the Coopers, on condition that the entrance would be on Cooper Street. It was built in 1894. Designed by N.A. Comstock and constructed by Thomas Beck, it is known for its Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style.
"De La Cruz Beach...is planned for a 950-acre ranch north of Santa Cruz, in an area where the county master plan calls for open space. The city of Santa Cruz is currently in a turmoil as to whether the city limits should be extended four miles to embrace this area."
Source
Gilliam, Harold. "Is Coastside Doomed to a Future of Concrete?" in "This World." San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 1970. p.30.
Elihu Anthony, a Santa Cruz businessman. In 1849 he built the first wharf in Santa Cruz County, for shipping potatoes and other freight. He was chairman of the first County Board of Supervisors, elected in 1852.
The County flag was designed by Ed Penniman, a Soquel resident. In describing the symbolism of the flag design, Mr. Penniman stated that the main symbol of the evergreen tree against a white background represents "reverence for nature and growth, upheld by a foundation of optimism and unity." The five bands in rainbow colors at the bottom of the flag represent the five county districts nonspecifically.
The flag was officially dedicated July 4, 1983.
Source
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Newspaper edition: 7-7-1983, p.A-2.
Sandy Lydon's website Central Coast Secrets includes this local historian's remembrance of the origin of the county flag.
In 1866, Santa Cruz incorporated as a town. The incorporation papers specified that the town would be governed by an elected Board of Trustees. The members of the Board selected one of their members to be the President of the Board.
Santa Cruz received its first city charter from the State of California in 1876. The charter specified that the city would be governed by an elected body consisting of a Mayor and a four-member Common Council.
In 1907 a new city charter designated a Mayor as chief executive and a City Council consisting of seven members. Subsequent amendments to the charter gave the Mayor and four commissioners both executive and administrative powers.
A new city charter in 1948 established a council-manager form of government, with a mayor and six council members setting policy, and a city manager serving as the chief administrator of those policies.
Creator
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
Source
Santa Cruz City Clerk's Office
"A Guide to Your City Government," City of Santa Cruz, 1995.