The San Mateo South Bayfront Levee Improvements Project is designed to reduce flood risk for 8,000 local properties. The city’s public works department is working with FEMA to lower insurance rates in the area.
San Mateo’s public works department has proposed taking $1.4 million budgeted for a downtown parking garage and using the money to bolster flood prevention in neighborhoods south of San Mateo Creek.
Gail Maderis, president and chief executive officer of BayBio, a South San Francisco-based nonprofit trade association serving the Northern California life science industry, sees collaboration as the secret to success.
San Mateo company Appirio makes it easier for companies to do “cloud computing” – computing without the need to expand servers or purchase software.
San Mateo County voters approved Measure M to fund road repairs. But, California Prop 26, which also passed, will require two-thirds of voters to pass the measure again in one year.
After 32 years of climbing the ranks at IBM and Apple, Margie Sanchez has her sights set on growing California Solar Screens into a successful entrepreneurial venture.
On Oct. 4, the San Mateo City Council voted unanimously to support Proposition 22, the ballot measure that seeks to limit the state’s authority to borrow or withhold certain public funds from local governments. Opponents of the measure, on the Nov. 2 ballot, include the California Teachers Association and the California Professional Firefighters unions. Municipal governments across California want increased control over local funds.