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Board appoints Ken Griffin as agricultural commissioner and approves financing‑corp officers
Summary
After closed session the board unanimously appointed Ken Griffin as San Benito County agricultural commissioner and assigned defense counsel Prentice Long to certain matters; the Board also approved officers for the San Benito County Financing Corporation (Supervisor Zenger as president, Velasquez vice president, Melinda Casillas secretary/treasurer) by roll call vote.
After returning from closed session, county counsel reported the Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Ken Griffin as San Benito County’s agricultural commissioner and directed county counsel to defend specified matters, assigning attorney Prentice Long to the defense.
County counsel (speaker 13) announced the closed‑session outcomes and noted several other closed‑session items were continued or had no reportable action. The board did not provide further public details about the matters that will be defended.
Later in the meeting the board convened as the San Benito County Financing Corporation and approved the corporation’s 2026 officers: Supervisor Zenger as president, Supervisor Velasquez as vice president and Melinda Casillas as secretary/treasurer. The roll call vote recorded unanimous approval.
