TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: David Morrison, Interim County Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Becky Craig, Assistant County Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Update on Future Agenda Items
RECOMMENDATION
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Interim County Executive Officer will provide a report on pending future agenda items requested at the Board meetings of January 24, 2023, and January 31, 2023, and will request discussion and direction.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Members of the Board of Supervisors have the opportunity at each Board meeting to request items to be placed on future agendas for discussion. Because the specific topic requested was not on the agenda, the remaining Board members did not have the opportunity to discuss the request at the time due to the Brown Act. Four requests were made for Board consideration.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
Is there a Fiscal Impact?
No
County Strategic Plan pillar addressed:
Effective and Open Government
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
To ensure requests for future agenda items are addressed in a timely manner and all Board members can provide feedback before significant County resources are invested in such requests, staff is seeking direction from the Board for requests made at the January 24, 2023, and January 31, 2023, Board meetings.
The first request asks staff to evaluate technology solutions to aggregate information identified in Senate Bill 1439. This legislation took effect January 1, 2023, and prohibits a local elected official from accepting, soliciting, or directing a contribution of more than $250 from a party to a license, permit, or other entitlement pending before the agency, and for twelve months after a final decision is rendered in the matter. It also prohibits a local elected official participating in a decision involving a license, pe...
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