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The San Mateo Planning Commission gave a tepid response to the city’s most updated General Plan during its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 30, praising the project’s collaborative spirit but largely lamenting

San Mateo’s longtime vacant lot on the corner of West Third Avenue and South El Camino Real could be the site of a new three-story office building, despite the property’s

Additional discussion on a new mixed-use development at 477 Ninth Ave. will come before the San Mateo Planning Commission Tuesday, Dec. 12, to discuss project updates, changes and potential waivers

San Mateo’s vision for how the city should evolve over the next 20 years is taking shape after months of community engagement with planning commissioners offering additional tweaks of their

A mixed-use development proposal in San Mateo on East Third Avenue that calls for seven stories of residential building has received calls for changes to the architectural style to blend

John Ebneter Most leading social scientists have determined that housing inequality in the United States, based on racial lines, has led to a host of social and economic disparities that must be addressed to solve our centuries-old segregation problems. The scientists maintain that until we promote and learn to live together, with our shared experiences and differences, our country will habitually be burdened with the tremendous waste of resources and lives required to facilitate, expand and pr...

Draper University’s plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the building’s historic nature. Draper University’s building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mat...

Draper University’s plan to convert its top three floors from dormitories to offices and add an elevator and staircase is facing pushback from the San Mateo Planning Commission. While most of the Planning Commission was OK with changing dorms to offices, it requested significant revisions to the elevator and staircase portion of the project over concerns the changes would alter the building’s historic nature. Draper University’s building at 44 E. Third Ave. is part of the San Mat...