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Water Infrastructure — A Seismic Resilience Investment • Featured
active • Utilities
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 7, 2026
Hillsborough is making a significant long-term investment in water supply resilience — one of the most consequential infrastructure projects in the town's history. The town is installing a seismically-resilient water pipeline from the SFPUC…
RHNA & Housing Mandates — A Town Built to Resist Density • Featured
active • Housing
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: Jun 7, 2026
Hillsborough presents one of the most philosophically pure versions of California's housing mandate conflict: a town explicitly designed around large-lot single-family homes, with no commercial corridor, no transit of its own, and no tradit…
Sheriff's Office Aftermath — Rebuilding Accountability & Trust • Featured
active • Police Accountability
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: May 24, 2026
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 …
The VLF Funding Crisis — A $157 Million Injustice • Featured
active • Budget Priorities
Created by CivicCause
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County is fighting one of the most consequential — and least publicized — fiscal injustices in California. The dispute centers on "in-lieu VLF" replacement funding that counties and cities receive tied to a vehicle license fee red…