CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

Committee Meeting Minutes - Final

Advisory Council on Aging

1:30 PM

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

400 Ellinwood Way, Pleasant Hill, CA

Room 303 (Third Floor)

Technology Workgroup

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1:30 Open Meeting - Steve Lipson called the meeting to order at 1:42 pm.

1:32 Roll Call

Cate Burkhart, Carol Kehoe, Steve Lipson, and Sharon

Sakai-Miller

Present

Denise Kalm, and Jill Kleiner

Absent

Approve April 2025 Draft Minutes

1:33

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Tech.04.09.25DraftMinutes

Attachments:

Motion:

Sakai-Miller

Kehoe

Second:

Aye:

Burkhart, Kehoe, Lipson, and Sakai-Miller

Absent:

Result:

Kalm, and Kleiner

Passed

1:34 Public Comment

1:35 Tech/AI Corner: Midjourney 7 (omnireference, draft mode, speed)/Suno 4.5/DeepSeek R@

(97% cheaper):

Steve updated the Committee on Gemini from Google, Manus from China, CHAT GPT, Suno,

Mid Journey, and Deep Seek.

2:00 Legislative Update Information Hearing SB239/SB707/Sen Judiciary Committee hearing:

SB 239, it passed Judiciary Committee. It is now 50% through the process. Next it will go to the

Floor of the Senate and then to the Assembly. There is no cost to the bill so it doesn't have to go

to Appropriation Committee.

2.:20 Examining The Technology Granting Process:

Navigating the process of funding for technology related projects. The process of applying for a

grant takes resources. How can we better prepared to respond in a timely fashion?

2:30 Break

2:40 CCC Website - Assessment/Repor

By next month’s meeting, EHSD Communications Department will present a mock up of the

Planning Committee section as a sample of potential changes to the website. As the mock ups

are reviewed, Steve encouraged members to comment.

Sam added County transportation information to the non-affiliated site.

3:00 AI Handout Discussion/AI and You:

Steve suggests focusing the AI handout with the ACOA as the targeted audience first

3:10 Public Health Legislative Proposal/Older Adult Ed/Permission Structure:

Steve discussed a California Senior Legislature (CSL) proposal for Older Adult Education

programs including technology offered through Public Health. These programs are not

enrichment, but essential. Steve is going to send copies of the proposal to the Committee.

3:25 The next meeting is scheduled for June 11, 2025 at 1:30-3:30 pm.

Steve hopes to have Ryan Yamamoto from Older Adults Technology Services at the June

meeting.

Effective next meeting, Steve has added Lori Magistrado as a Member and upgraded Denise

Kalm to a "Member".

3:30 Adjourn: Meeting was adjourned at 3:19 pm.

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