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Daly City is a city of 104,000 at San Francisco's southern border — the largest city in San Mateo County, a dense, diverse, and majority Filipino American community serving as the Bay Area's urban gateway to the Peninsula. Incorporated 1911, governed by a five-member Council.

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2026-07-24

Daly City City Council has an upcoming meeting on 2026-07-13

The Daly City City Council held both a closed session and a regular meeting on July 13, 2026. These meetings are the most recent official gatherings of the council, marking key moments for city governance and decision-making. While specific agenda details were not provided, these sessions represent the latest formal opportunities for council members to address city matters.

Separately, Daly City continues to focus on major local issues such as the Serramonte Del Rey redevelopment, which is the largest housing project in the city's history, aiming to add over 1,200 affordable and market-rate units. The city also invests in parks and open spaces, highlighted by the recent opening of the Gellert Park Dog Park. Daly City's unique community identity as the city with the largest Filipino population in the U.S. remains a civic priority. Traffic safety efforts under the Vision Zero plan aim to reduce serious crashes by 2035. Residents following city governance should watch for announcements about upcoming council meetings and developments on these ongoing issues.

Meeting: Daly City City Council • Daly City City Council - Closed SessionMeeting: Daly City City Council • Daly City City Council - Regular Meeting
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Parks & Open Space — A Small City, Big Ambitions
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Despite its dense urban fabric, Daly City is making meaningful investments in parks and open space — a quality-of-life priority for a city where residents have limited private outdoor space. The city recently celebrated the ribbon cutting …
Community Identity & Civic Pride — The Most Filipino City in America
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Daly City is home to the largest concentration of Filipinos of any city in the United States — a demographic identity that shapes everything from the city's food culture and commercial corridors to its civic organizations and political rep…
Vision Zero & Traffic Safety — Deadly Streets in a Dense City
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Daly City has committed to eliminating serious and fatal traffic crashes by 2035 through its Vision Zero Action Plan — but progress has been difficult in one of the most densely populated and heavily trafficked cities on the Peninsula. The…
Serramonte Del Rey — The Biggest Development in Daly City History
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The 22-acre Serramonte Del Rey campus redevelopment is the most consequential development project in Daly City's recent history — and it is finally moving from planning to construction. The project, led by the Jefferson Union High School D…
Sheriff's Office Aftermath — Rebuilding Accountability & Trust
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San Mateo County is still working through the fallout of one of the most dramatic law enforcement governance crises in the Bay Area in recent memory. In May 2025, an independent investigation found evidence of conflicts of interest, misuse…

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Daly City City Council - Regular Meeting
6/8/2026 • 7:00 PM
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Meeting agenda overview The agenda for Daly City City Council - Regular Meeting on 2026-06-08 listed Accept and Receive the Report Regarding Implementation of the City’s Existing Utility Users Tax as it Applies to... an…
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
7/7/2026 • 9:00 AM
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What happened AC Transit Board of Directors' 2026-05-13 meeting centered on Consider receiving a report on the FY 2026-27 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets and provide direction to staff... and Consider authorizing…

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Daly City man convicted of continuous child sex abuse
KRON4 • 2026-07-24
(KRON) -- A 45-year-old Daly City man pleaded no contest on Thursday to continuous sexual abuse of a child, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office. Oscar Arnoldo Cumes…
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Daly City's adopted two-year budget uses reserves to maintain services while General Fund spending exceeds revenue in both approved years.

General Fund spending · FY2026 to FY2027
$129.8M approved$134.3M approved year two+$4.4M