{"id":137669,"date":"2026-08-12T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/137669\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:46:11","slug":"monterey-county-supes-approve-plan-to-strengthen-data-ai-governance-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/137669\/","title":{"rendered":"Monterey County supes approve plan to strengthen data, AI governance rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monterey County\u2019s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a plan to strengthen data and artificial intelligence governance rules, furthering progress toward improvements in county-level data security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 15, County Supervisor Wendy Root Askew submitted a request to information technology department to write a plan that would improve the county\u2019s data security policies due to the county\u2019s reliance on third-party software vendors to deliver public services. For Askew, it was important for the county to review its current policies for potential vulnerabilities, especially in the age of <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/technology-artificial-intelligence-innovation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/technology-artificial-intelligence-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rapid AI development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading for FREE<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">This is NOT a paywall. We just want to make sure you\u2019re a human. Sign in to read this story and receive the weekly roundup in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/author\/eric-urbach-bay-city-news\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BCN-20260611-ERICURBACH-01-edited-150x150.jpg?crop=1\" class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  data-attachment-id=\"185018\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/bcn-20260611-ericurbach-01-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/localnewsmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BCN-20260611-ERICURBACH-01-edited.jpg?fit=1300%2C1300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1300,1300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Eric Urbach via Bay City News&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Eric Urbach, Bay City News (BCN) 2026 summer intern  (Eric Urbach via Bay City News)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1778799650&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BCN-20260611-ERICURBACH-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Eric Urbach, Bay City News (BCN) 2026 summer intern  (Eric Urbach via Bay City News)&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/localnewsmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BCN-20260611-ERICURBACH-01-edited.jpg?fit=780%2C780&amp;ssl=1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A lifelong Bay Area resident and recent UC Berkeley graduate, Eric is inspired by journalism&#8217;s ability to connect communities and hold power accountable. He plans to continue building his reporting skills before beginning graduate studies this fall.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/localnewsmatters.org\/author\/eric-urbach-bay-city-news\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Eric Urbach, Bay City News\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monterey County\u2019s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a plan to strengthen data and artificial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,1458,25,507,10346,684,21320,68080,314],"class_list":["post-137669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-ai-technology","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-data-privacy","tag-data-security","tag-innovation","tag-monterey-county","tag-monterey-county-board-of-supervisors","tag-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}