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County Auditor Controller




History of the Office of Auditor-Controller

The office was established in 1850. There has been an elected Auditor-Controller in Santa Cruz County since that time.

Peter Tracy    1850-1855
I. C. Wilson    1856-1857
J. F. J Bennett    1858-1859
D. J. Haslam    1860-1865
T. T. Tidball    1866-1867
H. H. Hobbs    1868-1869
Albert Brown    1870-1873
H. E. Makinney    1874-1879
Ed Martin    1884-1902
Willit Ware    1903-1946
George S. Kris    1947-1970
Arthur Q. Merrill    1971-1985
Gary A. Knutson    1986-2005
Mary Jo Walker    2006-present (appointed 2006)

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