Votes at a glance: Aug. 19, 2025 Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors

The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors recorded the following formal actions on Aug. 19, 2025:

- Consent agenda: Approved with modifications (defer item 38 to on or before the second meeting in Aug. 2026; edit goal language on item 56 to specify "affordable housing and affordable commercial real estate"). Roll call vote passed; Supervisors Koenig, DeSerpa, Cummings, Martinez and Chair Hernandez voted yes; DeSerpa registered a separate no on item 17 for the record.

- Tribal consultation pilot (formerly item 35; now 6.1): Approved unanimously. Board directed staff to return with an implementation report during the 2026 budget hearings.

- Short-term rental ordinance (item 16, 6.2): Approved (unanimous). Staff to finalize implementing language and to continue STR subcommittee outreach; existing hosted permits to be grandfathered.

- Abandoned/inoperative vehicle ordinance (item 8): Board approved direction to return with revised ordinance language, with requirements for notices to be posted (English/Spanish), a Housing for Health briefing and fiscal-impact analysis. Motion passed 4-1 (Supervisor Cummings recorded a no).

- Mosquito and vector-control Prop. 218 assessment (item 9): Board authorized mailing of weighted ballots; ballots to be mailed Sept. 2, must be returned by Nov. 4; tabulation Nov. 18.

- Metro at-large appointment (item 10): Appointed Elizabeth Madrigal as the at-large general community member to the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, term expiring Dec. 31, 2026 (unanimous).

- Strategic plan foundational review (final item): Board accepted staff's foundational review and directed next steps for community engagement and plan development; approved unanimously.

Ending: Staff follow-ups and report-back instructions were embedded in multiple actions; several items require additional implementing language or fiscal analysis before final regulatory action.