DATE:
February 11, 2025 and February 25, 2025
11
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO'S STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENTS TO BOARD POLICIES RELATED TO THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES FOR ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN (2/11/2025 - first reading; 2/25/2025 - second reading unless ordinance is modified on second reading) (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego (County) is responsible for hundreds of programs, some of them mandated by the State and federal governments, as well as those that the local community and Board of Supervisors (Board) identifies as priorities and needs. These programs provide vital services and support to the region. To plan, operationalize, and evaluate its operations, the County engages in a robust strategic planning process and uses a tool called the General Management System (GMS). These processes ensure that the County is able to respond to and provide the services the community relies on it for. To respond to community needs, the County updated its General Management System, Strategic Plan, Mission, Vision, and Values on January 11, 2022 (9). The reimagined governing documents for the County built upon the success of the past, identified opportunities for improvements, and provided the ongoing foundation to ensure the County's operations are aligned with the Board's priorities and communities' needs.
The action before the Board today is to receive an update on the implementation of the County's Strategic Plan which serves as the basis for the annual operational planning process. This action also presents the Board with an update on the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators that will be used to measure the County's long-term success of achieving its strategic initiatives. The General Management System lays out that operational planning occurs annually and is in alignment with the Strategic Plan's directi...
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