(R-2014-826)
RESOLUTION NUMBER R-309441
DATE OF FINAL PASSAGE: DEC 23, 2014
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN OPEN DATA POLICY
WHEREAS, the City of San Diego is committed to the principles of open, accessible, efficient, and transparent government and the use of technology to help put those principles into practice; and
WHEREAS, on January 2, 2014, the City Council approved Resolution R-308684 in support of creating a policy to support open, accessible, efficient, and transparent government (Open Data Policy); and
WHEREAS, an Open Data Advisory Group, including participants from the Independent Budget Analyst, Council Districts 1 and 5, the Performance and Analytics Department, the City Clerk, the City Attorney’s Office, and individuals from the local technology community, held six publicly noticed meetings from January through May 2014 to draft an Open Data Policy and implementation plan; and
WHEREAS, the Open Data Policy creates a process for making City data available online using open standards in an effort to promote civic engagement, improve service delivery, and to allow for more effective communication with the public; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of San Diego, that the Council hereby supports the implementation of the Open Data Policy, as set forth in the document on file in the Office of the City Clerk as Document No. RR-309441.
APPROVED: JAN I. GOLDSMITH, City Attorney
By Steven R. Lastomirsky, Deputy City Attorney