Honoring Commitments to the Public

The 2022-2023 Grand Jury reviewed responses to five of the 2019-2020 reports and found that, in general, commitments were kept. _x_ AGREE __ PARTIALLY DISAGREE __ DISAGREE Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):

The evident coordination of responses from agencies leaves the public without independent contributions across agencies. __ AGREE __ PARTIALLY DISAGREE _x_ DISAGREE Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): The Board of Supervisors disagrees that responses do not highlight the independent contributions of agencies.

The safe and secure operation of the County Jail remains vulnerable during an unexpected power outage. __ AGREE __ PARTIALLY DISAGREE _x_ DISAGREE Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): The Main Jail is capable of safely functioning in the event of a power outage.

The adoption of multi-year plans by both the City and County of Santa Cruz offer the public some assurance that locations can be found within the County where homeless services will be provided. _x_ AGREE __ PARTIALLY DISAGREE __ DISAGREE Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree):

Data security is an important issue, including the security of voter registration data and it is unknown if measures have been taken in this area. __ AGREE _x_ PARTIALLY DISAGREE __ DISAGREE Response explanation (required for a response other than Agree): The Board of Supervisors partially disagrees because of the way this finding is worded. We agree that data security – including voter registration data – is an important issue, one that the County Clerk/Elections Department takes seriously. Measures have been taken to strengthen the security of data within the County Clerk/Elections Department. Since 2020, the department has put into place the following: • Two factor authentication for all workstations in the office as well as out at the voting locations. • More security controls for both election servers – the one hosting the voter file and the one for election operations (ballot creation, tabulation, etc.) • Working with partners such as the California Secretary of State (statewide voter registration database), the election management system vendor, the election voting system vendor, Santa Cruz County Information Services Department, election officers, and department staff, to ensure security policies and procedures are in place and adhered to. • Training for those who work with election data – employees, election officers and end users.