The Board of Supervisors, on December 18, 2018, authorized the establishment of a Complete Count Steering Committee to guide the County's 2020 Census outreach effort.

The Complete Count Steering Committee is an ad hoc committee created for the limited duration of the 2020 Census effort. The Board of Supervisors appointed Supervisor Diane Burgis to chair the Steering Committee, one representative from each Supervisorial District, and nine members to represent the public at large, for a total of 15 members.

Steering Committee members are expected to serve as ambassadors for the 2020 Census within their region and/or across diverse sectors and communities countywide, and will need to think strategically about how to engage residents in hard to count populations, help to organize community events, communicate through their networks, and make presentations to community groups. They must be able and willing to commit the time required (estimated to be 5-10 hours/month) and regularly attend Complete Count Committee meetings, which will be held monthly in the afternoons. Periodic meetings will be held in the evening or on weekends.

The charge of the Committee is to:

• Set clear, achievable goals and objectives;
• Identify areas of the community that may need extra outreach efforts, either a geographical area or a population group that might be hard to count;
• Use a “grassroots” approach to working with community-based organizations and groups who have direct contact with households who may be hard to count;
• Customize promotional materials for local area;
• Implement special events;
• Build awareness of the census and its benefits and motivate response through social media, newsletters, and other communications;
• Support and complete these tasks through the work of regional working groups in Central County, East County, South County, and West County;
• Develop a proposed Census 2020 budget for consideration by the Board of Supervisors by March 26, 2019.