County hires new Chief Evaluation Officer

Gig Conaughton

County of San Diego Communications Office

The County of San Diego hired Ricardo Basurto-Dávila to be its new Chief Evaluation Officer and lead one of the county's newest offices, the Office of Evaluation, Performance and Analytics.

The office's job will be to increase the county's ability to collect, share and analyze data to help county leaders create and improve policies and programs to address top priorities including mental health, homelessness, equity, racial justice and climate change.

County supervisors voted to create the office in May 2021, and it is still being develop...