I came here yesterday with a group of friends and a service dog. Our group has never been to Santa Cruz and we were very excited to see the redwoods and explore the park. Unfortunately we were greeted by two elderly park rangers/ “greeters” at the entrance they pointed to my friends service dog and said “no dogs allowed on the trails” and said that they were only allowed on the paved road trail and that “paws had to stay on the pavement” we explained to the man that the dog was a service animal, told him what the dog was trained to do and offered to provide documentation. The older man mocked us and said “yeah right, that’s a service dog if you want it to be I guess” with a dirty look on his face and a very condescending and rude tone. (My friends service dog is a small dog not the usual lab or golden retriever) I said thank you and we proceeded to walk only to be stopped by the old woman ranger who once again said no dogs allowed. We tried to explain to her as well and she was also very rude and completely dismissive. My friend was so embarrassed she offered to have us continue on without her as they would not allow her into the trails we all wanted to go on. Our entire group was very upset by this but did not want to cause a scene or waste anymore of the short time we had to explore the area so we decided to try the dog friendly trail which ended up being beautiful but was pretty restrictive. My friend and group was very upset about this interaction, we have never experienced this kind of discrimination and utter disrespect anywhere, most places we go to are always very accommodating and welcoming. What these two did was awful and illegal I believe. I truly hope that their superiors see this review and train them properly so that others do not have to suffer this kind of discrimination. Truly despicable behavior from these two seemingly very bitter people. I don’t think this is the right job for them at all, hopefully they will replace them with some more people friendly greeters.