80
practices, street outreach, and alternatives to
adult gang involvement.
Natural Environment
• Goal 1: By 2020, residential per capita water
use will be sustained at or under 2013 baseline
levels through 2020.
• Goal 2: By 2020, 5% of homes in Santa Cruz
County will have a solar electric or hot water
system.
• Goal 3: By 2020, stewardship actions for our
waters will be increased by 10%.
• Goal 4: By 2020, 50 miles of urban bike and
multi-use trails will be constructed within
Santa Cruz County to decrease traffic, increase
active transportation, and connect urban areas
to open spaces.
Unsafe neighborhoods are associated with
high rates of infant mortality and low birth
weight, juvenile delinquency, high school dropout, child abuse and neglect, and poor motor and
social development among preschool children.
34
Conversely, children who live in highly supportive neighborhoods have positive outcomes, such
as stronger connections with family, peers, and
community, and greater participation in out-ofschool programs, volunteering, and religious
services.
35
More than one-half (58.2%) of survey respondents said they felt Very Safe in their neighbor34 Child Trends Data Bank. Neighborhood Safety.
Accessed September 2016 from http://www.childtrends.
org/?indicators=neighborhood-safety
35 Child Trends Data Bank. Neighborhood Safety.
Accessed September 2016 from http://www.childtrends.
org/?indicators=neighborhood-safety
hoods, while 29.8% of survey respondents were
Very Concerned about crime in Santa Cruz
County. Renter survey respondents were significantly more likely than homeowner survey
respondents to answer Very Concerned or
Somewhat Concerned about violent crime and
gangs in their neighborhoods in 2019. But 86.3%
of respondents said that law enforcement personnel were Somewhat Trustworthy or Very
Trustworthy.
Gangs operate in cities of all sizes throughout
California and are responsible for much of the
crime in the state.
36
Research suggests that a
comprehensive approach to gangs involving pre36 California Department of Justice, Division of Law
Enforcement, Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence.
(2010). Organized Crime in California. Retrieved from:
http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/publications/
org_crime2010.pdf
S. Brutschy et al.
practices, street outreach, and alternatives to
adult gang involvement.
Natural Environment
• Goal 1: By 2020, residential per capita water
use will be sustained at or under 2013 baseline
levels through 2020.
• Goal 2: By 2020, 5% of homes in Santa Cruz
County will have a solar electric or hot water
system.
• Goal 3: By 2020, stewardship actions for our
waters will be increased by 10%.
• Goal 4: By 2020, 50 miles of urban bike and
multi-use trails will be constructed within
Santa Cruz County to decrease traffic, increase
active transportation, and connect urban areas
to open spaces.
Unsafe neighborhoods are associated with
high rates of infant mortality and low birth
weight, juvenile delinquency, high school dropout, child abuse and neglect, and poor motor and
social development among preschool children.
34
Conversely, children who live in highly supportive neighborhoods have positive outcomes, such
as stronger connections with family, peers, and
community, and greater participation in out-ofschool programs, volunteering, and religious
services.
35
More than one-half (58.2%) of survey respondents said they felt Very Safe in their neighbor34 Child Trends Data Bank. Neighborhood Safety.
Accessed September 2016 from http://www.childtrends.
org/?indicators=neighborhood-safety
35 Child Trends Data Bank. Neighborhood Safety.
Accessed September 2016 from http://www.childtrends.
org/?indicators=neighborhood-safety
hoods, while 29.8% of survey respondents were
Very Concerned about crime in Santa Cruz
County. Renter survey respondents were significantly more likely than homeowner survey
respondents to answer Very Concerned or
Somewhat Concerned about violent crime and
gangs in their neighborhoods in 2019. But 86.3%
of respondents said that law enforcement personnel were Somewhat Trustworthy or Very
Trustworthy.
Gangs operate in cities of all sizes throughout
California and are responsible for much of the
crime in the state.
36
Research suggests that a
comprehensive approach to gangs involving pre36 California Department of Justice, Division of Law
Enforcement, Bureau of Investigation and Intelligence.
(2010). Organized Crime in California. Retrieved from:
http://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/publications/
org_crime2010.pdf
S. Brutschy et al.