Santa Cruz County - Fifth District Supervisor

Mark W. Stone was appointed as the Fifth District Supervisor on November 12, 2003. Supervisor Stone was elected in November, 2004, to a 4-year term starting in January, 2005. He was reelected to a second 4-year term in June, 2008, starting in January, 2009.

Supervisor Stone has been an Attorney for the Law Office of Mark W. Stone since 1993. He is a former Assistant Professor and Lecturer for the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, where he served from 1993 to 2000, and was an Adjunct Professor for the University of San Francisco School of Law from 1994 to 1998. Until his appointment as Supervisor, Mr. Stone was President of the Scotts Valley Unified School District Board, where he also served as Vice President and Clerk of the Board. He is a member of the Santa Cruz County Bar Association. Supervisor Stone earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a juris doctorate degree from Santa Clara University, School of Law.

The Fifth Supervisorial District includes: the San Lorenzo Valley communities of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Felton, Zayante/Lompico, and Mount Hermon; the Santa Cruz mountains west of Highway 17 and Mountain Charlie Road; the City of Scotts Valley; portions along Highway 9 south, including parts of Henry Cowell State Park, the San Lorenzo River basin, and Paradise Park; portions of the City of Santa Cruz; and Stevenson College and faculty housing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

On August 21, 2009, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass appointed Supervisor Stone to represent Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties on the California Coastal Commission.

Supervisor Stone represents the Board of Supervisors on the following regional agencies and boards:

California State Association of Counties Board of Directors (Alternate)
Child Welfare Services System Improvement Plan Steering Committee
First 5 Commission
FishNet4C
Highway 1 Construction Authority
Mountain Parks Foundation
Remote Access Network Committee
Santa Cruz City/County Library Joint Powers Board
Santa Cruz County Children's Network
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District Board of Directors

Staff to Supervisor Stone includes:

Susan St. John-Gliner, County Supervisor's Analyst
Jon Backstrom, County Supervisor's Analyst
Paige Garrahan, County Supervisor's Analyst

San Lorenzo Valley Open Office Hours

Supervisor Stone, or a member of his staff, will hold San Lorenzo Valley open office hours on the following schedule:

Felton - Every Wednesday morning from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at the Sheriff's Service Center/CALFIRE Facility, 6059 Highway 9

Boulder Creek - Every Wednesday afternoon from 3:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. at the San Lorenzo Valley History Museum, 12547 Highway 9, across from Video 9

Scotts Valley - The third Wednesday of every month from 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the Scotts Valley City Council Chambers, One Civic Center Drive

Supervisor Stone can be reached as follows:

By Mail: 701 Ocean Street, Room 500, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

By Phone: (831) 454-2200

By Fax: (831) 454-3262

By E-mail: Click here to E-mail Supervisor Mark Stone at mark.stone@co.santa-cruz.ca.us

Supervisor Stone and his staff are available to discuss constituent concerns using any of the forms of contact listed above. In addition, Fifth District constituents can fill out and submit an electronic Constituent Questionnaire using the following link: Constituent Questionnaire

If you would like to request the preparation of a Proclamation to be issued by Supervisor Stone, please download the Proclamation Request pdf, fill it out, and return it via U.S. Mail or fax, as indicated above.

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