Santa Cruz, California

**Santa Cruz, California** is a city north of Monterey Bay. Santa Cruz is about 60 miles (100 km) south of San Francisco. Santa Cruz was first settled by Ohlone Indians, Native American hunter-gatherers. Santa Cruz was colonized in the mid-1700s by the Spanish. They created a mission, (Mission Santa Cruz). The Spanish forced the Ohlones in the mission. Their populations began to decline because of diseases and overworking.

Americans first arrived in Santa Cruz in the 19th century. They were immigrants from Italy, China and Portugal. Around the same time, forestry and commercial fishing were the first industries. There were also dairy farming and leather production. Santa Cruz is most famous for their university. The University of California, Santa Cruz was built in the 1960s. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake had a major effect in Santa Cruz. It killed five people.

The industries that are present in Santa Cruz are agriculture, tourism, education and high technology. The climate in Santa Cruz is Mediterranean. This means that they have mild summers because of fog. Winters are usually rainy; however, the city has dealt with many droughts.

## Other websites

- Santa Cruz City official site
- Santa Cruz Wiki – The People's Guide to Santa Cruz, California
- Via Riva Trigoso Sister City street
- Pogonip Open Space Preserve
- Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Santa Cruz, California
- **settlement type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **image skyline**: Downtown santa cruz, cropped (cropped).jpg
- **image caption**: View of downtown Santa Cruz
- **image seal**: Seal of the City of Santa Cruz.jpg
- **image blank emblem**: Logo of Santa Cruz, California.png
- **blank emblem type**: Logo
- **nickname**: Surf City
- **image map**: Santa_Cruz_County_California_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Santa_Cruz_Highlighted.svg
- **mapsize**: 250x200px
- **map caption**: Location in Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County and the state of California
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: State
- **subdivision name1**: California
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in California, County
- **subdivision name2**: Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz
- **established title**: Mission Santa Cruz, Mission
- **established date**: September 25, 1791
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: March 31, 1866
- **established title3**: Charter city, Chartered
- **established date3**: April 1876
- **government type**: Council–manager government, Council/Manager
- **leader title1**: California's 17th State Senate district, State Senator
- **leader title2**: California's 28th State Assembly district, Assemblymember
- **leader title3**: California's 19th congressional district, U. S. Rep.
- **total type**: List of municipalities in California, City
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total sq mi**: 15.83
- **area total km2**: 41.00
- **area land sq mi**: 12.74
- **area land km2**: 33.00
- **area water sq mi**: 3.09
- **area water km2**: 8.00
- **area water percent**: 19.51
- **area urban km2**: 156.6
- **area urban sq mi**: 60.4
- **area metro sq mi**: 607
- **elevation ft**: 36
- **elevation m**: 11
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 62956
- **population urban**: 169038
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population metro**: 270861
- **timezone**: Pacific Time Zone, Pacific
- **utc offset**: −8
- **timezone dst**: Pacific Daylight Time, PDT
- **utc offset dst**: −7
- **postal code type**: ZIP codes
- **postal code**: 95060–95067
- **area code**: Area code 831, 831
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **blank name sec1**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank1 name sec1**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature IDs
- **blank1 info sec1**: ,
- **population density km2**: auto