The San Mateo County Human Services Agency and more than 300 volunteers canvassed the county in the early hours of Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, to collect data about people experiencing homelessness and to help assess how best to serve this population. 

The County of San Mateo’s finances remain healthy, the Board of Supervisors heard at today’s regular meeting during the 2019 mid-year budget report, but the expectation of a looming recession and the pressure of current federal politics and tariffs led County Manager Mike Callagy to urge keeping a watchful eye.

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For Immediate Release Redwood City — Property taxes grew for a seventh consecutive year in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18, allowing $2.6 billion to be distributed to local government agencies that provide essential services to the county’s residents, according to the Property Tax Highlights report released today by the San Mateo County Controller’s Office.

Property taxes grew for a seventh consecutive year in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18, allowing $2.6 billion to be distributed to local government agencies that provide essential services to the county’s residents, according to the Property Tax Highlights report released today by the San Mateo County Controller’s Office.

When the Crystal Springs Dam opened in 1888, Benjamin Harrison was the nation’s 23rd president, National Geographic magazine published for the first time and gasoline-powered automobiles were in their infancy.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today chose District Two Supervisor Carole Groom as its 2019 president during its annual reorganization ceremony at which San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge Jonathan Karesh swore in her and District Three Supervisor Don Horsley for their new terms.