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Santa Cruz
Main article: Santa Cruz, California
There is disagreement over whether Santa Cruz County is part of the San
Francisco Bay Area.[citation needed] Many residents do not consider Santa Cruz
as being part of the Bay Area; however, there is no formal definition of "San
Francisco Bay Area" (such as by the US Census Bureau), so the term is somewhat
flexible. Some tourist guide books (Lonely Planet) group Santa Cruz in the San
Francisco Bay Area section, while others (Eyewitness Travel Guides) do not. Some
California agencies include Santa Cruz as part of the Bay Area region, such as
the state's parks department, while other agencies such as the Association of
Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission do not.
More importantly, some residents of the Santa Cruz Mountains (Boulder Creek,
Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Felton, Scotts Valley) do not usually consider themselves
to be residents of the Bay Area, rather just of the Santa Cruz Mountains
themselves. The Santa Cruz Mountains run along the spine of the San Francisco
Peninsula, beginning in San Francisco and continuing down to their terminus near
the City of Gilroy, effectively creating the Santa Clara Valley.
The city of Santa Cruz is geographically isolated from the rest of the San
Francisco Bay Area, and is usually considered a part of the Monterey Bay area
since the city lies on the north end of the Monterey Bay. The city is also
sometimes regarded as the northernmost point of the California Central Coast,
which extends along the state's coastline to Santa Barbara.
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