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tus, food security, access to health care, educational attainment, and other relevant categories.
As with past CAP reports, positive trends will be
further supported, while negative or neutral
trends will be examined for opportunities to
improve outcomes.
6.5
Specific SDGs Directly
Connected to CAP Social
Determinants of Health
(SDOH) Components
The primary purpose of the United Nations’
SDGs is to balance the three dimensions of sustainable development—economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion.
The CAP report has recently incorporated these
SDGs while continuing to address the SDOH
inequities and resource disparities that were
uncovered in Santa Cruz County during previous
surveys. As such, the CAP data are now organized in relationship to the five key areas of
SDOH: Economic Stability; Education; Social
and Community Context; Health and Health
Care; and Neighborhood and Built Environment.
Three SDGs—No Poverty; Zero Hunger; and
Decent Work and Economic Growth—were
aligned to the Economic Stability SDOH and its
accompanying goals:
• Goal 1: By 2020, reduce the winter unemployment rate by one-half percent, creating 725
new winter jobs in Santa Cruz County.
• Goal 2: By 2020, increase the housing stock
by 1000 units in Santa Cruz County.
Agriculture is one of the two largest employment sectors in Santa Cruz County, and the
county has a high concentration of jobs in this
sector when compared with the rest of California.
2
Tourism also ranks as one of the top employers and revenue-producing industries in Santa
Cruz County, breaking the $1 billion mark in
travel-related spending for the first time in 2017
and for a second time in 2018.
3
Visitor dollars
help to support Santa Cruz County by providing
business and tax revenues, which contribute to
2 Santa Cruz County. (2014). Economic Vitality Study.
3 Dean Runyan Associates, Inc. (2019). California Travel
Impacts 2010-2018p.
local employment; open space, beaches, and
parks; and locally owned small businesses.
4
The 2019 CAP report shows that the gap has
continued to narrow between the available
workforce and total employment (141,700
workforce vs. 97,600 jobs in 2010; 144,900
workforce vs. 113,800 jobs in 2018). Tourism
jobs have also increased (7580 in 2010 vs.
11,403 in 2018). Therefore, the County is on a
positive track and should continue with current
activities.
4 Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC). Tourism Facts.
Accessed on July 26, 2016, from http://www.santacruzca.
org/partners/tourism-facts.php
6 How Local Communities Can Align with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: A Santa Cruz…
tus, food security, access to health care, educational attainment, and other relevant categories.
As with past CAP reports, positive trends will be
further supported, while negative or neutral
trends will be examined for opportunities to
improve outcomes.
6.5
Specific SDGs Directly
Connected to CAP Social
Determinants of Health
(SDOH) Components
The primary purpose of the United Nations’
SDGs is to balance the three dimensions of sustainable development—economic growth, environmental sustainability, and social inclusion.
The CAP report has recently incorporated these
SDGs while continuing to address the SDOH
inequities and resource disparities that were
uncovered in Santa Cruz County during previous
surveys. As such, the CAP data are now organized in relationship to the five key areas of
SDOH: Economic Stability; Education; Social
and Community Context; Health and Health
Care; and Neighborhood and Built Environment.
Three SDGs—No Poverty; Zero Hunger; and
Decent Work and Economic Growth—were
aligned to the Economic Stability SDOH and its
accompanying goals:
• Goal 1: By 2020, reduce the winter unemployment rate by one-half percent, creating 725
new winter jobs in Santa Cruz County.
• Goal 2: By 2020, increase the housing stock
by 1000 units in Santa Cruz County.
Agriculture is one of the two largest employment sectors in Santa Cruz County, and the
county has a high concentration of jobs in this
sector when compared with the rest of California.
2
Tourism also ranks as one of the top employers and revenue-producing industries in Santa
Cruz County, breaking the $1 billion mark in
travel-related spending for the first time in 2017
and for a second time in 2018.
3
Visitor dollars
help to support Santa Cruz County by providing
business and tax revenues, which contribute to
2 Santa Cruz County. (2014). Economic Vitality Study.
3 Dean Runyan Associates, Inc. (2019). California Travel
Impacts 2010-2018p.
local employment; open space, beaches, and
parks; and locally owned small businesses.
4
The 2019 CAP report shows that the gap has
continued to narrow between the available
workforce and total employment (141,700
workforce vs. 97,600 jobs in 2010; 144,900
workforce vs. 113,800 jobs in 2018). Tourism
jobs have also increased (7580 in 2010 vs.
11,403 in 2018). Therefore, the County is on a
positive track and should continue with current
activities.
4 Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC). Tourism Facts.
Accessed on July 26, 2016, from http://www.santacruzca.
org/partners/tourism-facts.php
6 How Local Communities Can Align with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: A Santa Cruz…