Santa Cruz Public Libraries - Downtown Branch

"Very helpful staff, and it's good they have lots of clorox wipes for the keyboards! Also, free printing!"

"Good place if you need to charge your phone or use WiFi. They have a laptop/hot spot rental you can sign up for and take home."

"I have had my cell phone stolen by the employees more than once"

"Every single time I've come here, not one chair is available. I live downtown and am disabled. I can't stand for very long. I need to sit to relieve the pain. Driving is also painful. The majority of the chairs - I mean all but one table last time with two people - - are being taken (all day pretty much) by homeless folks. If they were reading, that's fine, of course! But many of them aren't reading or using any library resource. They have the same rights to sit as long as they like and read, study, whatever, but to take chairs all day or many hours and not be using the library is frustrating for the elderly and disabled (if not everyone). My mom's 93. She gave up trying to go to this library a long time ago for the same reason. Could we possibly put several benches outside nearby or something so homeless folks can sit all day? We all paid for the library being revamped I believe. There must be some solution so that EVERYONE can use the library for more than book checkout."

"We went to the library because we are a couple who work from home remotely from time to time. We need to get some papers printed. We felt like this was a better option than going to FedEx because the possibility of paying per page was probably cheaper. Lo and behold. When we got there, we did not need a library card and they even give us a guest pass. The guest pass allows you to have access to the computer and allows you to print up to 60 Pages free! Yes, I said it is 60 Pages FREE and after that, it's 15 cents per page. Although I didn't need more than 5 pages it was a beautiful alternative to Fedex. I thought this was amazing and we were able to get our papers printed. I was able to get some studying done. The library itself is nice and quiet Pleasant though. Like most parts of Santa Cruz, there is homelessness going on, but I think it's beautiful how the library saw it as an opportunity to start a great homelessness program. They provide Togo's sandwiches for people who are homeless, classes, and resources. Just wonderful community love ❤️"