Senate District 17

Senate District 17 contains Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo Counties in their entirety, as well as portions of Monterey and Santa Clara Counties. The cities include Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Gilroy, San Luis Obispo, Morgan Hill, Seaside, Paso Robles, Atascadero, Monterey, and several more smaller cities. A small portion of San Jose was included in this district to achieve population equality. The district is one of two Senate districts containing part of Monterey County and was drawn in part to comply with Voting Rights Act Section 5 requirements. The district links the western portion of Monterey County with areas to the south in a primarily coastal district. Strongly shared interests within the district include regional agricultural economies, coastal and open space preservation, and environmental protection. The Monterey Bay coastline is fully contained within the district. Additionally the southern portion of the district includes a major portion of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which extends to Cambria in San Luis Obispo County. Similar to the adjacent Section 5 district, it was not able to be fully nested due to the need to meet the Voting Rights Act requirements.

Map of Senate District 17 (PDF)

 

2020 Census Population

Name Count Percent
Total Population 987,581 100.00%
Hispanic or Latino 331,144 33.53%
Not Hispanic or Latino (NH) 656,437 66.47%
NH Population of one race 609,106 61.68%
NH White alone 494,786 50.10%
NH Black or African American alone 17,927 1.82%
NH Asian alone 84,644 8.57%
NH American Indian and Alaska Native alone 3,175 0.32%
NH Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 2,804 0.28%
NH Some Other Race alone 5,770 0.58%
NH Population of two or more races 47,331 4.79%

 

Counties In District

Name Count Percent
Monterey 198,485 45.21%
San Luis Obispo 282,424 100.00%
Santa Clara 235,811 12.18%
Santa Cruz 270,861 100.00%

 

Places In District

Name Count Percent
MONTEREY: Aromas(U) 1,365 100.00%
MONTEREY: Bradley(U) 69 100.00%
MONTEREY: Carmel-by-the-Sea(C) 3,220 100.00%
MONTEREY: Carmel Valley Village(U) 4,524 100.00%
MONTEREY: Castroville(U) 7,515 100.00%
MONTEREY: Del Monte Forest(U) 4,204 100.00%
MONTEREY: Del Rey Oaks(C) 1,592 100.00%
MONTEREY: Elkhorn(U) 1,588 100.00%
MONTEREY: Fort Hunter Liggett(U) 250 100.00%
MONTEREY: Las Lomas(U) 3,046 100.00%
MONTEREY: Lockwood(U) 368 100.00%
MONTEREY: Marina(C) 22,359 100.00%
MONTEREY: Monterey(C) 30,218 100.00%
MONTEREY: Moss Landing(U) 237 100.00%
MONTEREY: Pacific Grove(C) 15,090 100.00%
MONTEREY: Pajaro(U) 2,882 100.00%
MONTEREY: Pine Canyon(U) 1,871 100.00%
MONTEREY: Prunedale(U) 18,885 100.00%
MONTEREY: San Ardo(U) 392 100.00%
MONTEREY: Sand City(C) 325 100.00%
MONTEREY: Seaside(C) 32,366 100.00%
MONTEREY: Remainder of Monterey(R) 46,119 86.49%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Arroyo Grande(C) 18,441 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Atascadero(C) 29,773 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Avila Beach(U) 1,576 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Blacklake(U) 1,016 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: California Polytechnic State University(U) 8,583 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Callender(U) 1,282 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Cambria(U) 5,678 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Cayucos(U) 2,505 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Creston(U) 98 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Edna(U) 184 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)(C) 31,490 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Garden Farms(U) 449 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Grover Beach(C) 12,701 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Lake Nacimiento(U) 2,956 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Los Berros(U) 623 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Los Osos(U) 14,465 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Los Ranchos(U) 1,516 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Morro Bay(C) 10,757 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Nipomo(U) 18,176 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Oak Shores(U) 316 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Oceano(U) 7,183 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Pismo Beach(C) 8,072 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: San Luis Obispo(C) 47,063 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: San Miguel(U) 3,172 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: San Simeon(U) 445 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Santa Margarita(U) 1,291 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Shandon(U) 1,168 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Templeton(U) 8,386 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Whitley Gardens(U) 325 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Woodlands(U) 1,933 100.00%
SAN LUIS OBISPO: Remainder of San Luis Obispo(R) 40,801 100.00%
SANTA CLARA: Gilroy(C) 59,520 100.00%
SANTA CLARA: Morgan Hill(C) 45,483 100.00%
SANTA CLARA: San Jose(C) 107,896 10.65%
SANTA CLARA: San Martin(U) 7,008 100.00%
SANTA CLARA: Remainder of Santa Clara(R) 15,904 56.41%
SANTA CRUZ: Amesti(U) 2,637 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Aptos(U) 6,664 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Aptos Hills-Larkin Valley(U) 2,383 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Ben Lomond(U) 6,337 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Bonny Doon(U) 2,868 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Boulder Creek(U) 5,429 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Brookdale(U) 2,043 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Capitola(C) 9,938 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Corralitos(U) 2,342 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Davenport(U) 388 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Day Valley(U) 3,410 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Felton(U) 4,489 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Freedom(U) 3,835 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Interlaken(U) 7,368 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: La Selva Beach(U) 2,531 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Live Oak(U) 17,038 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Lompico(U) 1,154 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Mount Hermon(U) 1,110 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Pajaro Dunes(U) 122 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Paradise Park(U) 367 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Pasatiempo(U) 1,093 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Pleasure Point(U) 5,821 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Rio del Mar(U) 9,128 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Santa Cruz(C) 62,956 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Scotts Valley(C) 12,224 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Seacliff(U) 3,280 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Soquel(U) 9,980 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Twin Lakes(U) 4,944 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Watsonville(C) 52,590 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Zayante(U) 729 100.00%
SANTA CRUZ: Remainder of Santa Cruz(R) 25,663 100.00%