Eastside Prep Teacher Receives Presidential Award

As an advocate of education, it is my pleasure to introduce you to Marianne Chowning-Dray, a math teacher at Eastside College Preparatory School in East Palo Alto. Marianne recently received the Presidential Award fo Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She is one of 108 teachers in the country, and one of only two teachers from California selected for this prestigious award. Read details here...

Office of Sustainability Officially Becomes the County of San Mateo's Newest Department

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.

Measure A Fund Allocations

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...

Board of Supervisors Approve $1.85 Million of Measure A Funds to Housing, Health and Parks

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.

Girls to Women Explore Cooley Landing

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 First in State to Hold All-Mail November Election

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.

Meet Emily Cordova

I am so pleased to introduce Emily Cordova, a Junior at Sequoia High School, who was appointed by the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to serve on the North Fair Oaks Community Council as the Alternate Youth Member. Emily is a member of the Koshland Leadership Program that cultivates leaders among youth in the North Fair Oaks community. Welcome Emily! Read details...

Coding Bootcamp at JobTrain

JobTrain, one of the most successful job-retraining programs in the country, added a course to teach software coding to young adults this spring. It is perfect example of the type of program that we need. It responds to the needs of Silicon Valley, focuses on a well-paid future for its students, and takes advantage of the corporate partners that have made our area nationally renowned. Read more...

Safety First!

I'm happy to report that Semicircular Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvement Project will be completed this summer to make the area more safe. The project will widen sidewalks and make a more bicycle-friendly roadway along Semicircular Road, a short bypass road that connects the busy 5th Avenue to the even busier Middlefield Road. Read more here...

San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Votes Unanimously to Implement Laura's Law

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to enact Laura’s Law --  state legislation authorizing the courts to order outpatient treatment for individuals with a mental illness who may be a danger to themselves or others -- on a one-year trial basis.

Medicine Disposal Program

Have you ever had a supply of extra drugs that you didn't know what to do with? San Mateo County has a program that allows people to drop off drugs, even controlled prescription drugs. There's no paperwork. It's just a self-service drop off into what looks like old mailboxes at several police departmetns or the Sheriff's Office in Redwood City. Read here...

Bike Rodeo 2015 - A Great Success

Enjoy these highlights from the 2015 Bicycle Rodeo! It was such a great day! Loads of kids and families, great food, great prizes, and weather, too! Our partners did a great job and so did the North Fair Oaks Youth Initiative volunteers who helped organize the day.