OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — Our community lost a valued neighbor, friend, and contributor yesterday when Harald Herrmann was tragically killed while biking home on Hwy 1 on Wed. 9/28/22. Harald was a gem of a man: intelligent, collaborative, funny, energetic, athletic, hard-working, and caring were just some of his many adored […]
Diablo Winds: a recurring danger
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — Just a quick note to counter a dangerous piece of misinformation floating around out there on anti-Social Media. The claim is that Diablo winds are only 0.4% probability, so we don’t have to stress out about them. Yes, we do, and an understanding of probability will make […]
Wildfire Scoping Study Completed: Now what?
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — The Resource Conservation District (RCD) and consultants presented findings from the El Granada Wildfire Resiliency Scoping Project (aka “the Scoping Project”) Tuesday night. It was a necessary start to addressing wildfire midcoast, but it isn’t the end. Here are some highlights of what was covered, and what […]
El Granada Wildfire Resiliency: Presentation of Results – June 28, 2022
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — The eagerly anticipated “Wildfire Scoping Project” commissioned last year with the assistance of RCD and money from County has reached the stage where findings can be presented. The public presentation will be Tuesday, June 28, 2022 from 6-7:30pm on Zoom, with details below. The need for this […]
Public Works’ Capital Deficits – How Deep Is The Hole?
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — A review of selected Public Works Utilities in San Mateo County shows very few entities in a fiscally sustainable position, and some potentially very troubling situations. The weighted average results of the utilities shown in the graph below shows they have only 19.1% of the reserves required […]
Track COVID in your neighborhood! Thanks to SAM…
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — No one really knows the extent of COVID-19 cases anymore. Because the recent variants have been so mild, and many people are vaccinated and boosted, many newly infected people have minor to no symptoms, and even those who do get it and test at home often don’t […]
The Iceberg of Public Works Deficits
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — Your public works infrastructure is decaying without a fiscally sustainable plan to replenish it. Allowing public works to fall into disrepair will lead to critical failures which will ultimately burden residents more when costly emergency remedies become necessary. This article begins the process of addressing this problem […]
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