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Santa Cruz County board approves enterprise AI work plan, authorizes contracts and training
Summary
The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a countywide AI elevation and standardization plan that seeks enterprise licensing, staff training, pilots, and governance measures including an AI advisory subcommittee and a phased public chatbot pilot. The plan emphasizes human oversight and language/accessibility features.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 28 to adopt a countywide AI elevation and standardization work plan for 2026 that lays out enterprise licensing, training and support, pilot projects and governance for broader AI use.
Information Services Director Tammy Wigel told the board the county is moving from widespread but unmanaged AI use to a governed enterprise approach. The plan, developed by the county’s Information Services Department, recommends selecting one enterprise vendor (the team said Microsoft Copilot, Anthropic Claude and OpenAI were finalists),…
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