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Santa Cruz launches Government 101 series; IT and Finance outline services and priorities

Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors · January 7, 2026
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Summary

The county began a Government 101 series at the Jan. 2 meeting. The IT office described cybersecurity, infrastructure and early AI pilots; Finance summarized budgeting, grant management and the county's main revenue sources.

Santa Cruz County launched a Government 101 series at the Jan. 2 board meeting with presentations from Information Technology and Finance to explain core services and roles to the public.

Chief Information Officer Juan (named in the agenda) described IT's responsibilities: supporting about 100 systems (roughly 60 classified as major), maintaining infrastructure and redundancies, documenting procedures in a cloud workspace, and a continuing emphasis on cybersecurity and…

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