The County’s newest office, which began as a pilot in July 2014, officially became a permanent fixture July 1. Director Jim Eggemeyer, the acting director since the office’s creation, was named permanently to the post in May and the office as a whole is settling into a new location on the County Center campus.
At the August 4th Board of of Supervisors meeting, the Board approved my Measure A recommendation to fund three programs in District Four. While there are many worthy community needs adn priorities, I focused my allocation of Measure A dollars to fund programs that serve youth from low performing schools and under-resourced communities. Read details here...
The Board of Supervisors today approved $1.85 million of Measure A funding for a variety of needs in parks, health and housing, including allocating the remaining $1 million reserved for affordable housing programs and projects.
This summer the Girls to Women group attended the Creative Ecology Program at Cooley Landing. Resident artist and teacher, Linda Gass, combines art and science to help encourage critical thinking and conversations about the impact we have on our environment. Read more here...
San Mateo County Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Mark Church, announced today that 41 cities, special districts and school districts in San Mateo County have approved a resolution for an all-mailed ballot election for the upcoming Nov. 3, 2015 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District Election. The county will be the first in California to hold a county-wide all-mailed ballot election.