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Hands and Knees

04/27/2020 2 Comments

Tonight the Council approved a six month delay in its previously-approved minimum wage increase that was to have taken effect on July 1, 2020. The

Working thru a Crisis: 4/13/2020 Council Meeting

04/15/2020 1 Comment

Our agenda this week had several items on it related to the Covid-19 crisis1: Receive an Update on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discuss and Direct Staff

Covid-19 and Real Estate

04/09/2020 No Comments

I’ve gotten a number of questions related to what the County emergency regulations focused on real estate transactions mean in practice. It’s very important that

Addendum to On Tennis Courts, Beaches and Pandemics

04/08/2020 No Comments

My earlier post generated an interesting question on NextDoor. I thought it and my reply were worth preserving and disseminating. Here’s the question: Shouldn’t government

On Tennis Courts, Beaches and Pandemics

04/06/2020 2 Comments

This post was sparked by an email I recently received, which said in part: I am reaching out to see if it would be possible

Covid-19: County Manager’s 3/27/2020 Conference Call

03/27/2020 8 Comments

I was able to sit in on Mike Callagy’s conference call for local elected officials today. The County, along with all the cities in San

Covid-19: A Call for Local Ideas

03/27/2020 1 Comment

At last Monday’s Council meeting I made a brief presentation to my colleagues about wanting to ensure we continued to fulfill our policy- and law-

Covid-19: Notes from 3/19/2020 County Briefing

03/19/2020 No Comments

Here are the notes from today’s conference call. Please note that I wasn’t on the call. We’re rotating participation among Council members out of Brown

Covid-19: Gardeners

03/19/2020 6 Comments

Yesterday I posted some notes from the daily County conference call which mentioned that questions involving gardeners were a hot topic on the County help

Covid-19: Notes from 3/18/2020 County Briefing

03/18/2020 No Comments

The County Manager’s office is holding conference calls with representatives of all the San Mateo County city councils every weekday. It’s does a great job

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