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3/26/2026
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Council Agenda: 04-07-2026
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DRAFT--Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)535-1260 or [email protected] for final document.
RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR THEIR
DESIGNEE TO ESTABLISH THE G OVAI COALITION AS A
NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND TO UTILIZE THE
$150,000 GRANT FROM THE PACKARD FOUNDATION TO
SUPPORT ALL NECESSARY EXPENSES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE FORMATION, TRANSITION, AND ATTAINMENT
OF NONPROFIT STATUS
WHEREAS, in November 2022, technology firm OpenAI released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) program, to the public, thereby accelerating the adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies across sectors; and
WHEREAS, in July 2023, the City of San José (the “City”) released for public review and expert feedback draft Generative AI Guidelines in response to the rapid pace of AI development and the need for responsible public-sector governance; and
WHEREAS, in November 2023, the City convened the first virtual GovAI Coalition (the “Coalition”) meeting, and by March 2024, the Coalition had published its first set of approved policy resources, developed collaboratively by more than 200 members from government agencies and nonprofit organizations; and
WHEREAS, although the Coalition has since grown rapidly into an international network of more than 3,000 members representing over 900 public agencies, it still operates as an affiliated group of independent agencies led by the City; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the Coalition and the City is to establish the Coalition as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Coalition; and
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Council Agenda: 04-07-2026
Item No.: 3.3
DRAFT--Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)535-1260 or [email protected] for final document.
WHEREAS, the City has been awarded by the Packard Foundation a $150,000 grant to support staffing for the GovAI Coalition and to develop a plan to make the Coalition a nonprofit legal entity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
The City Manager or their designee is hereby authorized t o establish the GovAI Coalition as a nonprofit corporation and to utilize the $150,000 grant from the Packard Foundation to support all necessary expenses associated with the formation, transition, and attainment of nonprofit status.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk