POSTPONED - Board of Supervisors County of San Mateo Notice of Public Hearing Regarding the Planning and Building Department Planning Service Fee Schedule and Building Permit and Inspection Fee Schedule and the County Fire Marshal Service Fee Schedules

This Board item has been postponed to a future Board meeting in 2024. The updated Board meeting date will be published here as soon as it is confirmed, minimum 14 days in advance of the meeting. If you would like to receive notification of this item once it is posted, please send a request to plngbldg@smcgov.org or by calling (650) 363-1827.

Mariposa Program

San Mateo County Parks in partnership with the  San Mateo County Human Services Agency presents the Mariposa Program. 

Pacifica Police Department Officer Involved Shooting Of Michelle Arrais On March 27, 2024

July 19, 2024 Re: Pacifica Police Department Officer Involved Shooting Of Michelle Arrais On March 27, 2024 The District Attorney’s Office has completed its investigation into the fatal shooting of Michelle Arrais on March 27, 2024 by Pacifica Police Corporal Hayden Fry and Officer Kevin Contreras during a confrontation at 2562 Francisco Boulevard in Pacifica. After a thorough investigation by Inspector Jamie Draper and other inspectors with the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office, District Attorney Stephen M. Wagstaffe has concluded that there is no legal basis for filing criminal charges against either of the two Pacifica Police Officers involved in the death of Ms. Arrais. District Attorney Wagstaffe has concluded that the use of lethal force by Corporal Hayden Fry and Officer Kevin Contreras was legally justifiable self-defense and defense of others pursuant to California Penal Code section 835a and section 196. Therefore, this case is now deemed closed by this office.

Permit Exemption for Hazardous Trees – Extended to July 1, 2025

In advance of fire season and drought conditions, the Director of Planning and Building, in consultation with the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s San Mateo–Santa Cruz Unit and the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District, has issued a Notice Regarding Permit Exemption for Tree Removal

Life and Death and Holding it Together in Real Time

You want a memorable 911 call? John Garcia, a 911 dispatcher, doesn’t want to talk about shootings or car wrecks or house fires or heart attacks. “That’s how you don’t get invited back to parties,” he said.

Gateway Rising Celebrates Belle Haven

Gateway Rising, formerly known as Gateway Family Housing, is now fully occupied and has successfully completed its conversion to permanent financing. The property includes financing from both the San Mateo County Department of Housing and the Housing Authority of San Mateo County, as well as an award of Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers.

URGENT: Bayside Design Review Committee (BDRC) Seeks Community Members from Palomar Park, Devonshire, and North Fair Oaks Areas

The County is looking for interested residents from Palomar Park, Devonshire, and North Fair Oaks to represent those areas.

Coastside Design Review Committee Seeks Architects/Landscape Architects

The County is looking for interested residents from Moss Beach and Miramar to represent those areas, as well as Mid-Coast residents to represent the Princeton area.

Board of Supervisors County of San Mateo Notice of Public Hearing Regarding 890 Upland Road, Emerald Lake Hills

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will consider:

New Affordable Homes Coming to Burlingame

A loan of $5,698,107 from San Mateo County’s Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) and an award of 30 Project-Based Vouchers from the Housing Authority of the County of San Mateo helped to pave the way for construction to start in late December 2023 on Eucalyptus Grove Apartments in Burlingame.

SUBJECT: Grand Jury Indictment – People v. Chunli Zhao

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   DATE:        Monday, January 22, 2024   TO:             Media Members   FROM:       Stephen M. Wagstaffe   SUBJECT: Grand Jury Indictment – People v. Chunli Zhao