Sheriff Election — Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County, California, Sheriff · the arena · Santa Cruz hires this desk in 2028 · not the 2026 Governor · Sacramento remains the capital · Santa Cruz PD remains a city badge · Santa Clara remains a different county
The 2028 oval in Santa Cruz — not the 2026 Governor, not the Boardwalk
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Santa Cruz County, California.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
This Sheriff is not on the 2026 ballot. California moved sheriff and district attorney to the presidential table. The Governor is 2026. That is a different desk in Sacramento. A Boardwalk rumor does not hire this badge. A Santa Clara rumor does not hire this badge.
Santa Cruz County hires a Sheriff who still holds Water Street and Rountree
Elections Code § 1300 (AB 759, 2022): sheriff and district attorney with the presidential primary. A 2022 winner serves six years.
- Last regular: Tuesday, 7 June 2022.
- Next regular: the 2028 presidential primary. If no majority under §§ 8140–8141, runoff at the presidential general. Confirm the live 2028 date on the California SOS elections calendar.
- Take office: noon on the first Monday after January 1 succeeding election (Gov. Code § 24200). For 2028 that is Monday, 8 January 2029.
- Vacancy: Board of Supervisors appointment (Gov. Code § 25304).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five Supervisors sit at 701 Ocean — not this oval. Santa Clara County is a different county. Monterey County is a different county. Santa Cruz is the seat. Sacramento is the capital. The office here is Sheriff-Coroner under County Code § 2.06.030. Do not invent a separate elected coroner oval on this map without checking the live listing.
County Clerk elections work sits at 701 Ocean Room 310 — not City Hall as this clerk
Elections work for Santa Cruz County lists with the County Clerk at 701 Ocean Street, Room 310 — votescount.santacruzcountyca.gov. That is county elections work — not Santa Cruz City Hall as this clerk. Not the Assessor-Recorder as this clerk; Santa Cruz splits those desks. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and vote-by-mail on sos.ca.gov, voterstatus.sos.ca.gov, and votescount.santacruzcountyca.gov.
Sample ballot in Santa Cruz County — not Santa Clara as this county
Do not take names from a Santa Clara rumor, a San Jose municipal card, a Santa Cruz city mayor card, a Boardwalk flyer, a Monterey card, or a Sacramento statewide card as this oval.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — California Secretary of State and Santa Cruz County Clerk / Elections
- Santa Cruz County elections — Votes Count
- Current Sheriff of record — official listing at the Sheriff-Coroner door
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins. Do not invent a 2026 sheriff oval here. Do not print names on this page.
What you are hiring — north-shore remainder patrol, Water Street, and Rountree
You are hiring the Sheriff-Coroner of Santa Cruz County, California — unincorporated patrol; service centers the office actually posts; warrants; civil process; courthouse security at 701 Ocean; and 259 Water Street plus Rountree Lane in Watsonville. You are not hiring Santa Cruz Police. You are not hiring Watsonville Police. You are not hiring Santa Clara County. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Water Street and Rountree as this jailer, Santa Cruz as the seat not the capital, Santa Cruz PD as not this oval, Santa Clara as not this county, and Autauga-with-a-boardwalk as not this rewrite.
Remedy when a writ misses unincorporated remainder
A bad service — this Sheriff’s Professional Standards door at 5200 Soquel Avenue and the courts. Five Supervisors are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Santa Cruz PD. Not a Boardwalk as this oval. Not San Jose as this hall.
Relief when the Pajaro rises or Highway 17 closes
Flood on the Pajaro, a wreck on Highway 17, fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains, a night road outside Felton — this county’s mutual aid first. Santa Clara is a different count. Monterey is a different count. Santa Cruz city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, an Ocean Street docket, a night shift toward Water Street
Papers. A 701 Ocean courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. Water Street remains this badge. Rountree remains this badge. Santa Cruz PD does not.
Due process does not wait for a boardwalk rumor
A levy in unincorporated Santa Cruz County still needs notice. A booking at 259 Water Street still needs the clock the Constitution puts on this desk. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed the Boardwalk, or because a visitor photographed Santa Cruz as if it were Santa Clara.
Rights from Boulder Creek remainder to Watsonville remainder
Equal protection on the north-shore map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker at Water Street, a count at Rountree, and a family in unincorporated remainder hire the same Sheriff.