San Diego County artificial intelligence (web)
Citation
County of San Diego, Technology Office. “Artificial intelligence: County policy and systems in use.” Web page, last updated April 15, 2026. https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/artificial-intelligence/. Copy: raw/web/2026-11-09 San Diego County artificial intelligence.md (original: .html beside it). Read 2026-11-09.
Bottom line
- The County Board of Supervisors adopted Board Policy A-140 on AI use. It commits the County to risk reviews, human review of outputs, disclosure of decision tools, and contractor rules.
- The page keeps a public inventory of 16 AI systems in use, from Amazon Textract (January 2023) to Eleos (October 2026). The County marks each one “No significant impact”.
Background
The County of San Diego is a California local government. Its Technology Office runs this page. The page summarises the County AI policy and links the full policy. It lists the AI systems the County uses, with use case, impact and date in service.
Key claims
- “The County has adopted a framework for the use of artificial intelligence. Our goal is to ensure transparency, accountability, and responsible AI use across County operations.” (top of page)
- “The County Board of Supervisors adopted a policy to guide AI use at the County. It lists principles around privacy protection, decision-making, equity, transparency, technology acquisition, and more.” (Policy)
- “Uphold the principles; Conduct risk reviews; Ensure outputs are reviewed by a human; Disclose where decision-making tools are used; Require contractors to follow County guidelines for AI systems”. (Policy, list of commitments)
- “The County will keep a public inventory of AI systems it adopts for use. That will include tools used for significant automated decision-making that impacts privacy, civil rights, or access to County services.” (AI systems in use)
- “AWS SageMaker | Machine learning model building and deployment | No significant impact | December 4, 2024”. (AI systems in use, table)
- “Microsoft Copilot | Drafting emails, summarizing documents, routine tasks | No significant impact | December 15, 2025”. (AI systems in use, table)
Evidence and method
A local government web page. It summarises a board policy and gives a table of systems with dates. The table rows are the County’s own assessment of impact.
Limits
The page does not give the text of Board Policy A-140; it links to it, and the policy was not read. It does not say how the County assesses impact, or what the systems cost. The page says it was last updated April 15, 2026, but the table lists systems with later dates.