The San Mateo County Human Services Agency hosted the summit to assess the needs of veterans living in the county. With about 33,000 veterans living in San Mateo County, the summit also acted as a platform for attendees to also share their thoughts on what they need. “While the federal government provides health care and other services at the VA, we know there are unmet needs,” Supervisor Warren Slocum said. “It’s time to take stock, understand the gaps in care, and do right by the veterans in our local communities.”

On Halloween, Supervisor Horsley and I had a great surprise! Darci Palmer of CORE Affordable Housing called to say that she was coming to Redwood City to record the long-term ground lease that will make it possible to build the first major veterans housing development in San Mateo County. We joined Darci to County Recorder's Office to savor this moment. ..

These two remarkable Sequoia High School students were appointed by our Board of Supervisors to serve as Youth Member/Alternate Youth Member on the North Fair Oaks Community Council (NFOCC). They will take their oath of office before this evening's meeting and begin serving in their official capacity on the NFOCC tonight. They will serve with full voting rights because I sought and our Board approved a change in the bylaws to grant full voting rights to the Youth Member.

LeAnn Thornton was named as the USO Volunteer of the Year for the Continental U.S. Region. She was selected out of 29,000 other nominated volunteers from all over the U.S. for her dedicated support of veterans and their families who pass through the San Francisco International Airport. More...

The County held its first ever ¡Si se Puede! conference where information and resources on domestic violence were provided to survivors, family members and friends. The safety network of agencies attending the conference included the Sheriff's Office, the Probation Chief John Keene and his department...

San Mateo County established California’s first LGBTQ Commission on September 9, 2014. I was proud to cast my vote in favor of the commission; our entire Board was. I made it a point to attend the swearing-in ceremony when the first commission was seated and took their Oath of Office on September 26th...

On September 19th, the North Fair Oaks Forward outreach team and Landscape Solutions put together the first ever PARK(ing) Day event on Middlefield Road. It's an annual international event where businesses voluntarily convert the parking space in front of their business into a park for the day!...

After months and months of public meetings and community outreach, more than 2500 people commented on the traffic design features that they hoped the planned undergrounding and redesign project would bring to the downtown area of North Fair Oaks.

With a vision of the future, hours of community input and a $12.5 million pledge by San Mateo County, the length of the main North Fair Oaks thoroughfare between Pacific and Fifth avenues is on the path to put its wires away, too. Undergrounding the utilities is just one key piece of the makeover meant to make the commercial corridor more walkable, more safe and more alluring to those who may not yet have explored the unincorporated neighborhood... “It’s about

Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller will welcome and join San Mateo County Supervisor Warren Slocum for office hours in Menlo Park this Saturday, April 26th from 1:00-2:30 p.m. at Cafe Zoё located at 1929 Menalto Avenue.

As part of her duties as San Mateo County’s first Poet Laureate, Caroline Goodwin will open tomorrow’s Board of Supervisors’ meeting with a poetry reading and Supervisor Warren Slocum will present a proclamation to the Board of Supervisors naming April 2014 as National Poetry Month. Ms. Goodwin also plans to announce her poetry blog that can be read on the Poet Laureate website, www.sanmateocountypoet.org