DATE:
February 28, 2023
12
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
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ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM:
SECOND CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE: AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ARTICLE XVII-F OF THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY CODE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ORDINANCES RELATED TO THE EVALUATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On February 7, 2023 (13), the Board of Supervisors took action to further consider and adopt the Ordinance on February 28, 2023.
On June 8, 2021(20), the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the introduction of an ordinance amending the San Diego County Code of Administrative Ordinances relating to establishing an Evaluation Advisory Committee (EAC) with the intent to support the newly created Office of Evaluation, Performance, and Analytics (OEPA). The Board direction indicated the EAC was being established to support OEPA with recommendations to the office's Strategic Research Plan, and providing on-going advice on evaluation activities, program designs, data sources, and data collection methodologies.
Since the establishment of OEPA, the onboarding of the Chief Evaluation Officer (CEvO) and other departmental staff, an evaluation of the structure and functions of the office has been completed. OEPA conducted a careful analysis of needed functions, which emphasized the urgency of engaging with, and receiving feedback from external academics, researchers, and technical experts. Engaging with these stakeholders and advisors has become time critical.
In order to effectively and efficiently receive ongoing input from identified stakeholders as mentioned above, OEPA requires more flexibility on how to engage external academics, researchers, and technical advisors. The requested change has the intent of (1) expanding participation and including the flexibility to convene advisors who are, as needed, local, national, or worldwide leaders on the areas OEPA seeks to tackle through research, evaluation, or analytics, and (2) adjusti...
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