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Santa Cruz County GovernmentCounty 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) |