With a vision of the future, hours of community input and a $12.5 million pledge by San Mateo County, the length of the main North Fair Oaks thoroughfare between Pacific and Fifth avenues is on the path to put its wires away, too. Undergrounding the utilities is just one key piece of the makeover meant to make the commercial corridor more walkable, more safe and more alluring to those who may not yet have explored the unincorporated neighborhood... “It’s about
Today, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to establish California’s first county or city commission focused on the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will vote on a resolution at the Board’s regular meeting on June 3, 2014 that would establish California’s first county or city commission focused on the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community.
Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller will welcome and join San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum for office hours in Menlo Park this Saturday, April 26th from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at Cafe Zoё located at 1929 Menalto Avenue.
As part of her duties as San Mateo County’s first Poet Laureate, Caroline Goodwin will open tomorrow’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting with a poetry reading and Supervisor Warren Slocum will present a proclamation to the Board of Supervisors naming April 2014 as National Poetry Month. Ms. Goodwin also plans to announce her poetry blog that can be read on the Poet Laureate website, www.sanmateocountypoet.org
San Mateco County Probation Officers help Petaluma PD, Sonoma Couny law enforcement in multi-agency operation. Source: Petaluma Patch Posted by Susan C. Schena, April 08, 2014 at 8:33 am http://petaluma.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/hooker--john-sting-nets-19-in-petaluma-sonoma-county-motels
by Brendan P. Bartholomew San Francisco Examiner Neighborhoods, infrastructure and endangered-species habitats adjacent to the San Francisco International Airport are threatened by flooding connected to sea-level rise, and not enough planning has been done to protect them.
Congrats to Coach Rafael Avendano and the 50 youth, parents and community leaders who participated in a fitness class held at Siena Youth Center and Red Morton Park on Monday Nights for the past two months. On March 29, the 4th Stand Up 8 5k Fitness Event was held at Flood Park!
SMC Probation in the News, Source: The Daily Journal, http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2013-07-10/marching-to-your-own-drum-musician-sheila-e-talks-to-troubled-teens/1771491.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2014 Contact: Supervisor Warren Slocum, 4th District, San Mateo County V: 650.363.4570 F: 650.366.6720 E: wslocum@smcgov.org Alternate: Marci Dragun, Legislative Aide V: 650.599.1021 C: 650.576-7658 E: mdragun@smcgov.org
The California Coastal Conservancy announced yesterday that it will fund a $200,000 grant application jointly submitted by San Mateo County and the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to study the impacts of sea level rise due to global warming on the shoreline area northwest of the airport where the San Bruno and Colma creeks enter the San Francisco Bay.