Government Operations Agency
Bottom line
- The Government Operations Agency (GovOps) is the state agency that § 11546.8 names for the consortium’s Report. It also owes the Governor options on public-good AI under Executive Order N-6-26.
- Sarah Soto-Taylor became Undersecretary in October 2024 (Governor appointments 2024-10-24 (web)). Chris Given left GovOps to lead CDT on April 29, 2026 (Governor appointments 2026-04-29 (web)).
Sources
- 2026-10-14 SB-53 Assembly Floor analysis
- Executive Order N-6-26
- Governor appointments 2024-10-24 (web)
- Governor appointments 2026-04-29 (web)
- GovOps AI independent oversight and kill switch
- GovOps departments
- GovOps homepage
- GovOps more efficient California
- GovOps vision mission and goals
- SB-53 Assembly Floor analysis 2025-09-08
- SB-53 Assembly Privacy analysis 2025-07-08
- SB-53 Gov Code 11546.8
- SB-53 Senate Judiciary analysis 2025-04-08