'''Santa Cruz''' refers most commonly to the liberal [[Pacific Ocean]]side city in Northern [[California]] just southwest of [[San Jose]] and [[Silicon Valley]]. Santa Cruz is where the [[leftist]] "jewel" of the UC System, the [[University of California]], Santa Cruz is located. It is where [[Angela Davis]] used to teach as a self-identified [[lesbian]] [[radical]] [[feminist]] [[Communist]] [[professor]] (now retired) of "[[history]] of [[consciousness]]" and "[[feminist]] studies". | '''Santa Cruz''' refers most commonly to the liberal [[Pacific Ocean]]side city in Northern [[California]] just southwest of [[San Jose]] and [[Silicon Valley]]. Santa Cruz is where the [[leftist]] "jewel" of the UC System, the [[University of California]], Santa Cruz is located. It is where [[Angela Davis]] used to teach as a self-identified [[lesbian]] [[radical]] [[feminist]] [[Communist]] [[professor]] (now retired) of "[[history]] of [[consciousness]]" and "[[feminist]] studies". |