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          Bill No:  SCR 60
          Author:   Simitian (D)
          Amended:  3/16/06
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE


           SUBJECT  :    City of Santa Cruz:  Surf City, U.S.A.

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates the City of Santa  
          Cruz as Surf City, U.S.A.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          This resolution finds:

          1. The City of Santa Cruz, in Santa Cruz County, was the  
             site of the first surfing in California, when three  
             Hawaiian princes surfed on locally milled redwood boards  
             at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in 1885.

          2. Santa Cruz has 11 world-class surf breaks, including the  
             point breaks over rock bottoms near Steamer Lane and  
             Pleasure Point, which create some of the best surfing  
             waves in the world.

          3. Santa Cruz is home to the Lighthouse Surfing Museum at  
             Steamer Lane, which continues to be staffed by docents  
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             such as Harry Mayo and others from the Santa Cruz  
             Surfing Club who have surfed Santa Cruz waves since the  
             1930s.

          4. Local resident Jack O'Neill invented the wet suit in  
             Santa Cruz.

          5. Santa Cruz hosts several surf contests drawing  
             international participants each year, including the  
             O'Neill Cold Water Classic, the International Longboard  
             Association contest, and many others.

          6. The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf is home to the annual  
             "Woodies on the Wharf" event that brings hundreds of  
             classic surfing "woodies" from all over North America to  
             Santa Cruz each July.

          7. Santa Cruz is the site of the extraordinary sculpture of  
             the California Surfer on West Cliff Drive overlooking  
             Steamer Lane.

          8. Santa Cruz is home to several businesses which, as early  
             as the 1930s, have incorporated "Surf City" in their  
             names, such as Surf City Produce and Surf City Coffee.

          9. Santa Cruz is well known around the world as a center of  
             a precious, but hard to define "surf culture" that  
             reflects a "laid-back" and relaxed lifestyle and  
             culture.

          10.California's surfing history is deeply interwoven in the  
             fabric of our rich and vibrant culture, and is reflected  
             by the many surfing communities located along it's  
             coastal shoreline that cumulatively contribute to the  
             invaluable preservation and celebration of California's  
             surfing tradition.

          This resolution designates the City of Santa Cruz as "Surf  
          City U.S.A."

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           OPPOSITION  :    (Verified  8/29/05)








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          City of Huntington Beach

          AGB:nl  3/22/06   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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