City of Santa Cruz

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The City of Santa Cruz encourages comments and discussion on its Facebook page, however, the City will remove material that is not topically related to the conversation, is profane or obscene, commercial in nature or violates the legal rights of others. Please post in a manner that is on-topic and respectful, and remember that your comments here will be subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act.

By posting any comments, posts, or other material on City-sponsored web pages, blogs, or other internet sites such as Twitter, Facebook, etc., you give the City of Santa Cruz the irrevocable right to reproduce, distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, delete, or create derivative works from, and otherwise use your submission for any purpose in any form and on any media. City of Santa Cruz social media site articles and comments containing any of the following forms of content are not allowed:

● Comments or material not topically related to the particular social media article being commented upon.
● Material that infringes on the legal ownership rights of any third party, including intellectual property, privacy, or publicity rights.
● Profane language or content.
● Content that promotes, fosters, or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed,color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability or sexual orientation.
● Sexual content or links to sexual content.
● Solicitation of business including advertisements, chain letters or pyramid schemes.
● Material impersonating another person.
● Conduct or encouragement of illegal activity.
● Information that may tend to compromise the safety or security of the public or public systems.
● Fraudulent posts or “spam” postings.

The City of Santa Cruz reserves the right to do any or all of the following:
● Remove communications that fail to conform with these Terms and Conditions.
● Terminate a user’s access to post upon any breach of these Terms and Conditions.

Everything posted on these web pages is subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, California Government Code Section 6250 et seq.
Finally, you agree that you will indemnify the City of Santa Cruz against any damages, losses,liabilities, judgments, costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of a claim by a third party relating to any material that you have posted.