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 […]
COVID surges again in MidCoast…
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — The COVID-19 virus detected in Sewer Authority Mid-coastside (SAM) wastewater increased 5,735% in just 17 days this month. SAM has been working with an MIT venture to measure the level of virus in our wastewater for some months (as reported here previously). This new test result was […]
Quarry Park Master Plan: Still Fuel for the Fire?
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by the Chaparral Restoration League and Gregg Dieguez — County Parks has come out with a new Quarry Park Master Plan for the next 20 years. (the entire process and documents are here) When I reviewed a first version, my thought was “How can they publish this BEFORE the El Granada […]
Your Local Sewer: an iceberg beneath your feet
OWN VOICE. ~ InPerspective by Gregg Dieguez — Readers have asked why I can’t get my head out of the sewer, with so many articles on spills and costs and now the exploding bus duct >> that shut down the SAM plant on April 28th, etc. etc. And my answer is: there’s a lot going […]
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