Late last month, CEO of the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau John Hutar came in front of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors with one request: help hoteliers plead to the state for guidance, or at least a date, when they may be allowed to host conferences and corporate meetings again.
County leaders agreed to advocate on behalf of local hotels and were poised to take action. But just weeks later, California finally released its guidance for events after more than a year of local hotels bleeding event-related revenue. It was the last state to do so.
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding with the city of Half Moon Bay that outlined expectations for the Coastsideâs first homeless shelter.
The signing of the MOU came at Tuesdayâs Board of Supervisors meeting and paves the way for the county and city to further cooperate on more permanent features of the shelter. So far the shelter has been operating in pilot mode. The facility is the former Coastside Inn on Highway 1 near the intersection of Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay.
To date, the program has been running at a reduced capacity, utilizing 15 rooms in the 52-room hotel. The pilot is nearing full capacity with residents coming from Half Moon Bay, El Granada and Moss Beach. But as the MOU states, the shelter is intended to house far more of the 200 or so homeless Coastsiders, including Pacifica residents. (The 2019 one-day homeless count found more than 230 homeless people from Pescadero to Pacifica.)
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a memorandum of understanding with the city of Half Moon Bay that outlined expectations for the Coastsideâs first homeless shelter.
The signing of the MOU came at Tuesdayâs Board of Supervisors meeting and paves the way for the county and city to further cooperate on more permanent features of the shelter. So far the shelter has been operating in pilot mode. The facility is the former Coastside Inn on Highway 1 near the intersection of Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay.
To date, the program has been running at a reduced capacity, utilizing 15 rooms in the 52-room hotel. The pilot is nearing full capacity with residents coming from Half Moon Bay, El Granada and Moss Beach. But as the MOU states, the shelter is intended to house far more of the 200 or so homeless Coastsiders, including Pacifica residents. (The 2019 one-day homeless count found more than 230 homeless people from Pescadero to Pacifica.)
San Mateo County has tapped the nonprofit Samaritan House as the interim operator of the Coatsideâs first homeless shelter.
The decision came late last week, just days after the county Board of Supervisors approved the purchase of the Coastside Inn and its conversion into a shelter with social services for individuals experiencing homelessness.
Between four and six residents are expected to move in this month as part of a short-term pilot program. A long-term operator, which will be responsible for case management when the 52-room shelter is at or near full occupancy, has yet to be selected.
âI think itâs in everybody s best interest to get it up and running as soon as possible,â said Ken Cole, director of the countyâs Human Services Agency.