Some CS professors who have gone to Santa Cruz are now at Amherst, Cornell, etc.:
site:.edu computer science professor "SANTA CRUZ" -ucsc - Google Search
but it seems that's because they went to Santa Cruz for it's renown Bioinformatics program.
A CS professor at UF who got his PhD from Santa Cruz in 1984:
Manuel Enrique Bermudez Home Page
BTW, it seems some people in Santa Cruz have already found out about your admission:
YouTube - santa cruz hippie dance 1
Seriously, though, the location (in the middle of a redwood forest overlooking the Pacific) seems to be amazing if not inspiring:
UC Santa Cruz slideshow
UC Santa Cruz Video
Image:Montereybay95064.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
University of California, Santa Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Regarding offcampus housing:
UC Santa Cruz - Community Rental Costs
UCSC Rental List