Public Agencies
PUBLIC AGENCIES adopt General Plan goals, policies, ordinances and administrative procedures as a means to providing stewardship to cultural and historic resources. Each agency approaches this task differently based on the public will of their constituency - subject to state and federal mandates. Preservation of the nation's heritage has long been part of the national purpose, and the federal government has actively been a partner in historic preservation since the beginning of the twentieth century. In California, the Office of Historic Preservation provides state-wide leadership as well as performing duties associated with federal programs.
This page consists of an agency-finder that links to online local government web sites that speak to historic preservation as a part of regulatory function. Other pages within Laffey Archives provide additional public resource material that is linked to or has been scanned from printed documents. Most of Glory Anne's work in the 1990s was within the City of San José - much of the subsequent information pertains to that jurisdiction. This site will expand its content to other jurisdictions over time.
County of Santa Clara
(includes communities of Monte Vista, New Almaden, San Martin, and Stanford)
San José - Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement
Historic Preservation Home Page
Historic Preservation Ordinance - SJMC Chapter 13.48 (60.7kb)
General Plan:
City of Campbell
City of Cupertino
City of Gilroy
City of Los Altos
City of Los Altos Hills
City of Milpitas
City of Monte Sereno
City of Morgan Hill
City of Mountain View
City of Palo Alto
City of San Jose
City of Santa Clara
City of Saratoga
City of Santa Clara
City of Sunnyvale
Town of Los Gatos
Santa Cruz County (includes communities of Aptos, Boulder Creek, Davenport, Felton, Soquel)
City of Capitola
City of Santa Cruz
City of Scott's Valley
City of Watsonville
Monterey County (includes communities of Big Sur, Carmel Valley, Castroville, Pajaro, Prunedale)
City of Carmel-by-the-Sea
City of Del Rey Oaks
City of Gonzales
City of Greenfield
City of Marina
City of Monterey
City of Pacific Grove
City of Salinas
City of Seaside
City of Soledad
King City
Sand City
San Benito County
City of Hollister
City of San Juan Bautista