Date: March 13, 2006
Release: Immediately
Contact: Dinah Phillips
Public Information Officer
SEIU Local 415 has announced
that they will strike March 14, 2006. This information is provided to lessen disruption
to the public and is subject to change due to staff availability.
Agricultural Commissioner: 763-8080
Critical services will be
provided, including pest inspection and pesticide reviews
175 Westridge will be open
limited hours
640 Capitola Road will be
closed
UCCE (Agricultural Extension): 763-8040
Will
provide services, but office will not be open
Animal Services: 454-7303
Mandated services will be
provided, including rabies control, animals involved in depredation of
livestock, and housing of stray or abandoned animals.
Shelters
in Scotts Valley and Watsonville will remain open to the public if sufficient
staff are available. In the event of inadequate staffing, only intake of stray
or abandoned animals will take place, with no adoptions, dog license sales or
general visitation.
Child Support Services: 454-3700
All services will be
available at the Santa Cruz office. The Watsonville office will be closed.
Health Services Agency:
454-4000
The following services will
be available:
Psychiatric Emergency, Crisis &
Medication Services
Public Guardian
Clinic Medical Care including basic pharmacy
and lab services
Environmental Health Emergencies including
hazardous waste services and other unforeseen emergencies
Public Health Communicable Disease Services
Burial Permits
Jail and Juvenile Hall Health Services
The following Health
Services Agency buildings will be open:
1400 Emeline Ave., Santa Cruz for mental
health care
12 West Beach, Watsonville, for mental health
care
1080 Emeline Ave., Santa Cruz for medical
care services
9 Crestview/1430 Freedom, Watsonville for
medical care services
701 Ocean Ave., Environmental Health 3rd
Floor
Human Resources Agency:
454-4045
The following services will be
provided at reduced staffing levels:
Child Protective Services
(CPS): screening and investigating only: 454-4222
Adult Protective Services
(APS): screening and investigating only: 454-4101
In-Home Support Services
(IHSS): No new referrals/applications: 454-4101
Multipurpose Senior Services
Program (MSSP): No new referrals: 454-4600
The following Human
Resources Agency offices will be open:
1400 Emeline: Child Protective Services,
Adult Protective Services, IHSS, MSSP
842 Front Street: Veterans Services: 458-7110
1020 Emeline, Santa Cruz: Benefit Services:
454-4165
119 W. Beach Street,
Watsonville: Benefit Services: 763-8583
18 W. Beach, Wats:
CareerWORKS, open with EDD services only: 763-8700
Capitola Career Center: open
with EDD services only: 464-6286
The following services will
not be provided:
Foster Home Licensing and
Adoption Services
Careerworks, WIA, CalWORKs
Welfare to Work
The following Human
Resources Agency offices will be closed:
12 W Beach Street, Watsonville: Adult Services, IHSS
215 E. Beach Street, Watsonville: Veterans
Services: 458-7110
1040 Emeline, Santa Cruz: CareerWORKS:
454-4080
Parks Department: 454-7900
All parks will be open, and
the majority of park restrooms will be closed. The After school Recreation
sites will be open.
Simpkins Swim Center will
be closed.
Personnel Department:
454-2600
The office on the 3rd floor of the
Government Center will be open and will accept employment applications. The
offices in Watsonville and on the 5th floor of the Government Center
will be closed. The clerical exam test scheduled for 5:30 in the cafeteria will
occur as scheduled.
Planning Department:
454-2580
Zoning Counter:
Appointments will be canceled and rescheduled. Plans and appeals will be
accepted.
Aptos and Felton Permit Centers: Closed
Building/Grading Inspections and BP Finals
will be conducted as staffing permits
Probation Department:
454-3812
303 Water Street, Santa Cruz: Closed
1432 Freedom Blvd,
Watsonville: Closed
3650 Graham Hill Rd, Felton:
Open for Juvenile Hall, Juvenile Court, and intake
962 East Lake Blvd,
Watsonville,: Open for Evening Center
Public Works Department:
454-2160
Brommer Yard (Roads) and
Lode Street (Sanitation) dispatchers will field normal emergency calls at both
facilities.
One employee will staff public counter (Room
410) for general information only, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00
p.m.
No development review services will be
available (no services related to design/developments, recording of maps,
surveyor questions, fees, etc.).
All design projects will be placed on hold,
including coordination with outside agencies and the public. The public will not be able to process
encroachment permits, road bump requests, transportation permits, sewer
connection permits, or other non-emergency traffic-related inquiries.
Construction inspection of ongoing DPW contract
projects will be handled by management staff.
Landfill and Transfer Station will be open during normal operating
hours; however, no Household Hazardous Waste or Construction and Demolition
Recycling will be available.
Room
410 Government Center phone and counter will be open for normal working hours,
but staffing levels will be limited.
Recorder: 454-2800
The following limited
services will be available from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm:
Recordation of documents presented over the counter, acceptance
of orders for copies of birth, death, and marriage certificates and copies of
official records, limited assistance to the public in searching records
The
following services will not be available
Preparation of copies of birth, death, and marriage
certificates and copies of official
records with a pre- 1997 date
Grantor/grantee
indexes. Information on newly recorded documents will not be available
Microfilming or
newly recorded documents. Copies of these documents will not be available.
The following offices which
serve the public will also remain open with reduced staffing:
Auditor-Controller: 454-2500
Assessor: 454-2002
Board of Supervisors: 454-2200
District Attorney: 454-2400
County Clerk/Elections: 454-2060
Redevelopment Agency: 454-2280
Sheriff-Coroner: 471-1121
Treasurer-Tax Collector: 454-2510
The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission will be closed.