The Board of Supervisors approved the preliminary budget for the upcoming fiscal year, totaling $5.2 billion, as it anticipates a final result on the county’s effort to secure a significant state-funding revenue source in coming days.Â
To establish the San Mateo County Childcare Central Initiative, the Board of Supervisors agreed to allocate $10 million toward increasing access to affordable childcare, employment opportunities and transparency.Â
The Redwood City Council wants more information on logistics of implementing a citizens-led initiative to establish rent control before it will make a decision on whether to adopt the ordinance or place it in front of voters.Â
After Half Moon Bay repealed its rent control and registry program, the city is moving forward with providing up to $100,000 in direct short-term rental assistance for residents who demonstrate financial hardship in paying rent or utility bills.Â
The Hillsborough Police Department is investigating report from a resident, filed at the end of May, that they had been scammed out of $2.7 million, Lt. Robert Kalkbrenner said.
Shop ‘til you drop — A woman believes an employee at the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo stole her wallet and used her card for $600 worth of purchases; it was reported 5:22 p.m. Sunday, June 7.
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