Aug. 26, 2021: Bay Area Health Officers Reaffirm Support for Full In-Person School

As Bay Area Health Officials, we are excited that more than a million Kindergarten-12th grade students are returning to school for in-person learning this fall across the wider San Francisco Bay Area. In the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley, many children are back in the classroom for the first time since early 2020.

Aug. 20, 2021: Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Commission Launches First Hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 25

The San Mateo County Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Commission will hold the first in a series of meetings at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021.

Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Commission Launches First Hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 25

Redwood City – The San Mateo County Supervisorial District Lines Advisory Commission will hold the first in a series of meetings at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. This first meeting launches a months-long public process to hear from the community about district boundaries for electing the Board of Supervisors for the next decade. The agenda is posted on https://smcdistrictlines.org/ under the schedule tab.

Aug. 2, 2021: Bay Area Health Officials Urge Immediate Vaccination and Issue Orders Requiring Use of Face Coverings Indoors to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Counties of San Mateo, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley Indoor Masking Orders Take Effect Tuesday

July 26, 2021: County of San Mateo Requires Face Coverings Solely at County-Operated Facilities

As an employer and a service provider, the County of San Mateo requires all employees and visitors to County facilities to wear face coverings. The requirement took effect at the start of business today (July 26, 2021).

July 22, 2021: County of San Mateo to Require Face Coverings in County Facilities Due to Rise in COVID-19 Cases

Visitors to all indoor County of San Mateo facilities will be required to wear a face covering as of Monday, July 26, due to a troubling rise in coronavirus cases.

Fueling the COVID-19 Recovery: Board of Supervisors Boosts Local Businesses Relief

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today provided a lifeline to struggling local small businesses as part of a $2.8 million COVID-19 relief package.

July 16, 2021: County of San Mateo Joins Bay Area Counties in Recommending Masking Indoors as Precaution Against COVID-19

With cases of COVID-19 rising locally and increased circulation of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the counties of San Mateo, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley recommend that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors in public places to ensure easy verification that all unvaccinated people are masked in those settings and as an extra precautionary measure for all.

Aug. 1, 2020- As Wildfires Rage, First Responders Urge Local Residents to “Know Your Zone”

Redwood City – As wildfires rage and the drought parches Northern California, first responders urge San Mateo County residents to learn a short code that can save lives in an emergency.

July 1, 2020-Funding Approved for Food Insecure after Great Plates; Rent Relief Options; Youth Vaccine Week Upcoming: Update on County Response to COVID-19

The County of San Mateo continues to work to protect public health and safety in response to the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.