Scotts Valley GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SAFETY

Statistics

The City of Scotts Valley is a small community that encompasses an area of approximately five square miles with the 2020 census population data of approximately 12,082. Scotts Valley is in Santa Cruz County and is six miles north of the City of Santa Cruz and twenty-six miles southwest of San Jose. Scotts Valley is situated on 4.6 square miles at 527 feet in elevation. Zip Codes: 95066, 95067 Area Code: 831.

City Government

The city operates under a council-manager form of municipal government and provides the following range of municipal services: police, parks, recreation, wastewater, streets and roads, public improvements, planning and zoning, construction inspection, and general administrative services The current sales tax rate is 9.75%

Largest Employers

The ten largest employers (in order of employees) are Threshold Enterprises, Central Coast Alliance, Fox Racing Shox, Bay Photo Lab, 1440 OPCO, LLC., Universal Audio, Inc., Bell Sports, Inc., Zero Motorcycles, The Camp Recovery Center, and Kaiser Permanente Medical Group. The Enterprise Tech Center is an ultramodern corporate campus that features unbeatable amenities, gorgeous balconies, courtyards, and plenty of beautiful glass and water features for a peaceful yet modern atmosphere.

There are also athletic club facilities with an Olympic size swimming pool where the corporate offices of University of California at Santa Cruz are located. A perfect location for businesses to re-locate to with easy access to Silicon Valley and south to Santa Cruz.

Mali LaGoe joined Scotts Valley as City Manager in January 2022. Prior to coming to Scotts Valley, Mali served in Nevada County, California for almost a decade in several roles, most recently as Assistant County Executive Officer. There she co-led pandemic response efforts both operationally and business/community support, championed operational high performance and process improvement initiatives, supported disaster response efforts and partnered with dozens of community partners on a variety of projects. Over her tenure, she held additional positions in the Health and Human Services Agency, and filled in as Interim Community Development Director, Interim Human Resources Director and Interim Deputy County Executive Officer. Prior to her public service career, Mali worked in the private and non-profit sectors in the field of project management and executive leadership. She received a BA in Political Science from the University of Nebraska and holds a Masters in Public Administration from California State University – Northridge. Mali lives in San Jose with her husband, stepsons and two Boston terriers.

Chief Steve Walpole has been a resident of Scotts Valley his entire life. His law enforcement career began over twenty years ago, but it wasn’t until 2014 that started work here at the Scotts Valley Police Department. He was with the department for three years before being appointed the Interim Chief of Police at the beginning of 2017. When he is away from work Chief

Ron Whittle the Fire Chief of Scotts Valley Fire Protection District moved to Scotts Valley in 1974 from the Bay Area. He attended Vine Hill Elementary School, Scotts Valley Middle and graduated from Soquel High School. He began his fire service career in 1984 as a volunteer firefighter with Scotts Valley Fire. He was hired as a fulltime Firefighter/EMT in 1988 and progressed through the ranks of Firefighter 2, Engineer, and Fire Captain. In 2004, He was promoted to Battalion Chief until becoming the Fire Chief in 2020. During his fire service career, he has also been a Fire Investigator and Hazardous Materials Technician. He completed the Reserve Police Academy at Cabrillo College to become a Reserve Police officer with Scotts Valley Police Department for 5 years. He enjoys spending time with his wife Traci, and his two daughters Bailey and Madison.

County Board of Supervisors

5th District, Bruce McPherson, 831.454.2200

Legislators

Governor, Gavin Newsom, 916.445.2841

State Senator, John Laird, 831.425.0401

Assemblymember, Gail Pellegrin, 831.425.1503

Congressman, Jimmy Panetta, 831.429.1976

U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, 415.981.9369 U.S. Senator, Dianne Feinstein, 415.393.0707

Scotts Valley BOARD MEMBERS & CHAMBER AMBASSADORS

Board Of Directors

Phil Neuman, President CYAS Tech. 831-274-2232

Jeanette Larkin, Vice President Larkin Precision Machining, Inc. 831-247-2970

Danny Reber, Executive Director Scotts Valley Chamber of Commerce 831-438-1010

Jeanne Shada, Secretary Scotts Valley Property Management 831-438-2208

Joanne Guzman Bruno’s Bar & Grill 831-600-5499

Kim Pursley Kalani Day Spa (831) 600-7116

Victor Alejandro Cisco 408-410-1566

Chamber Ambassadors

Keira Mulder, President EVCharge4U 510-779-3645

Leatha Brown, Vice President Roaring Camp Railroads 831-335-4484 x. 115

Phil Neuman, 2022 Ambassador of the Year CYAS Tech. 831-274-2232

Donna Lind City of Scotts Valley 831-438-4187

Angelo Bartolotta Dynamic Press 831-479-7920

Becky McMillion Wine Coordinator 831-419-9181

Brand-di Palmer The Hot Pink Box 408-660-0879

Emily Bigelow Empowering Hand Massage 831-888-7614

Jay Topping Scotts Valley Historian Classic Jays Art & Signs 831-212-9513

Kevin Anderson Auctioneer/K Auctioneering/Lead Assessor/Statcomm Inc. /PSI K Auctioneer – 650-988-9508

Cheri LaFrance-Anderson Real Estate For You DRE#02185426 831-438-4500

Lynda Penner Bookeeping Services 831-566-5171

Tobin Shaeffer Intero Real Estate 831-359-7900

Victor Alejandro Cisco 408-410-1566

Scotts Valley COMMUNITY EVENTS