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Water Supply Reliability — Planning for an Uncertain Future • Featured
active • Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness
Last activity: Jun 5, 2026
Millbrae is updating its Urban Water Management Plan — a state-required planning document that assesses long-term water supply reliability — with a public hearing scheduled for June 9, 2026. The update comes at a moment of genuine uncertain…
RHNA Housing Production — Ramping Up Against SFO Noise Constraints
active • Housing Affordability
Last activity: Jun 5, 2026
Millbrae's RHNA obligation for the 2023–2031 cycle is approximately 2,884 units — a substantial number for a small city of about 23,000 residents. Production has been slow to start, in part because some of the city's most logical developmen…
Mayoral Vacancy & Leadership Stability • Featured
active • Governance, Elections, and Civic Process
Last activity: Jun 5, 2026
Millbrae is navigating an unexpected governance transition at a critical moment in the city's development history. Mayor Reuben D. Holober announced his resignation from both the Mayorship and City Council to pursue a new career opportunity…
SB 79 & the Housing Transformation of El Camino Real
active • Development & Neighborhoods
Last activity: Jun 5, 2026
Millbrae is one of the most dramatically impacted cities in the Bay Area under SB 79, California's transit-oriented housing law effective July 1, 2026. The Millbrae BART/Caltrain station is a Tier 1 qualifying stop — the highest density tie…
The Millbrae Station Multimodal Development — A Once-in-a-Generation Opportunity • Featured
active • Development & Neighborhoods
Last activity: Jun 5, 2026
Millbrae sits atop one of the most extraordinary transit assets in California — an intermodal station where BART, Caltrain, and eventually high-speed rail converge — and the city is finally moving to build a true transit village around it. …
Housing & The Largest Upzoning in County History
active • Development & Neighborhoods
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County is making a historic housing bet along its transit corridors. On April 21, 2026, the Board of Supervisors adopted an amended Housing Element on a 4-1 vote, creating three new high-density zoning districts near Colma BART — …
Sea Level Rise — California's Ground Zero
active • Climate, Environment, and Resilience
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County has been formally identified as the most vulnerable county in California to sea level rise — a designation that carries enormous long-term policy and financial stakes. The county's bayfront communities, including Redwood Sh…
Youth Mental Health Crisis — Alarming Data Demands Action
active • Mental health
Last activity: May 24, 2026
San Mateo County is confronting a youth mental health emergency that elected officials described as "sobering" even during a ceremonial Mental Health Month proclamation. A representative from the Peninsula Suicide Prevention / Felton Instit…
Sheriff's Office Aftermath — Rebuilding Accountability & Trust • Featured
active • Police accountability
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
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…