Laid off NOAA employee in Santa Cruz was improving agency’s efficiency By Mark DeGraff|2025-03-14T21:59:37-07:00March 14, 2025|Tags: City of Santa Cruz, Donald Trump, environment, Featured, Mark DeGraff, NOAA, science, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC Coastal Science Campus, USGS| Three Santa Cruz federal science workers dismissed as agencies brace for more layoffs