The Local Government Scorecard


One of the strengths of your Santa Cruz Area Chamber is our commitment to educate our members about the nuisances how local governments function and how their voting trends can enhance or impact the business community. For years, your Chamber staff has put in the extra hours covering city council meetings in all four cities of our county, attends County Board of Supervisors meetings, Regional Transportation Commission meetings, Metro Transit District meetings, Soquel Creek Water District and other local government agency meetings throughout Santa Cruz County. We will continue to be the voice of the business community at these meetings whenever logistically possible knowing how important it is to “be a part of the discussion” at public debates on issues that can help or harm the business community.  Your Chamber has a solid record of delivering for our members and will continue on that path.

Going forward, the Chamber will be producing a new tool to keep our members informed on what local government is doing. Starting this week and whenever possible, the Chamber will include a Local Government Scorecard on the latest action by your elected officials. We’ll provide this update on other local government agencies where appropriate throughout the year. This ‘scorecard’ is a helpful reminder to keep track of what your public sector leaders are up to.  We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this new tool. You can e-mail your comments to me here: [email protected]​​​