Santa Cruz County, California

What we have for Santa Cruz County today, and what is coming.

Basics

County code (FIPS): 06087
Land area: 445 square miles
Population: 270,861

Federal money spent here

Fiscal year 2026: $2.0 billion in federal contracts, grants, loans and other awards for work done in Santa Cruz County.

Explore on USAspending.gov

Who represents Santa Cruz County

U.S. Senate (whole state): Alex Padilla (Democrat), Adam B. Schiff (Democrat).

U.S. House districts that include part of this county

District	Member	Share of county land
Congressional District 19	Jimmy Panetta (Democrat)	90%
Congressional District 18	Zoe Lofgren (Democrat)	10%

State senate districts

District	Member	Share of county land
State Senate District 17	John Laird (Democratic)	100%

State house / assembly districts

District	Member	Share of county land
Assembly District 28	Gail Pellerin (Democratic)	72.4%
Assembly District 29	Robert Rivas (Democratic)	15.9%
Assembly District 30	Dawn Addis (Democratic)	11.8%

Matched by district number using the U.S. Census Bureau 2020 county–district relationship files (land area overlap; districts may have been redrawn since). Your exact district depends on your address: U.S. House · state legislators.

County government

Find the official county website and contacts in the USA.gov local government directory or the National Association of Counties explorer.

Coming next for counties: county commission meetings and agendas, county budgets, local ballot measures and election results. We add each one as soon as a public, reliable feed exists for it. Know a good source? Tell us.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (county list, public domain); USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury). Built 2026-11-03 15:28.