Probation Manager Honored with 2019 Barbara Hammerman Award for Domestic Violence Prevention Efforts

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors at its Oct. 8, 2019, meeting honored Probation Manager Lori Smiley-Klinger as its 2019 winner of the annual Barbara Hammerman Award, citing her “continuous and persistent advocacy and leadership” in domestic violence prevention.

Census 2020 Online Outreach Toolkit Available Now!

The San Mateo County census team has developed an online outreach toolkit which has resources to help you prepare, plan, implement, and track census outreach.  The national census is very important to our democracy, and every person counts, regardless of age, immigration status, or criminal history.   

County of San Mateo Programs for Housing, Medication Assisted Treatment Earn Two Statewide Awards for Innovation and Results

The County of San Mateo’s innovative efforts to make housing accessible to residents at all price points and treat those with severe substance abuse issues through a unique multi-disciplinary approach have earned two prestigious Challenge Awards from the California State Association of Counties (CSAC). 

Requirement for Erosion Control and/or Tree Protection Pre-Site Inspection

Due to state stormwater pollution prevention requirements and recent instances of tree damage and unauthorized tree removal, we have instituted an Erosion Control and/or Tree Protection Pre-Site Inspection Requirement for construction or demolition on specific site types.

County Cuts Ribbon on New Regional Operations Center for Disaster Response and Recovery

The County of San Mateo today celebrated the completion of its new $64.5 million Regional Operations Center (ROC), a state-of-the-art and seismically safe facility to house its Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, Public Safety Communications which operates 9-1-1 dispatch, and a secure data center.  

San Bruno To Receive County Grant To Improve City Park Grandstand

Today, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a grant for $150,000 from Measure K funds for improvements to the grandstand and concession facilities at Tom Lara Field in San Bruno City Park.

Board of Supervisors Accepts Community Advisory Committee’s Vision

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has accepted the Vision Document provided by the Tunitas Creek Beach Community Advisory Committee. Project consultants have been selected.

Board of Supervisors Declare Climate Emergency in San Mateo County

Resolution calls for accelerated actions and local collaboration to combat climate change.  

Donuts For Democracy: Voter Registration And Pre-Registration

Celebrate our democrary on National Voter Registration Day -- featuring preregistration for 16- and 17- year olds -- on Tuesday, September 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. at South San Francisco's Main Library.

County Releases FY 2019-20 Recommended Budget for Adoption

Board of Supervisors to consider $3.5 billion budget after September Revisions  

There is No Place Like Home - Redwood Trailer Village

There is no place like home.  And even when the place your family calls home is substandard, when you are about to be displaced because where you live is being sold, it is unsettling. Redwood Trailer Village was such a place.