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Half Moon Bay switches to halfmoonbay.gov, staff outlines gradual email and link redirects under state law
Summary
Administrative Services staff said the city website has moved to halfmoonbay.gov to comply with an unnamed state assembly bill and that email and other accounts will be transitioned gradually with redirects preserved.
City staff told the council Wednesday that Half Moon Bay has begun a required transition of its public web and email addresses to a .gov domain and that the new site halfmoonbay.gov is now live. Brian Lopez, senior analyst in Administrative Services, said the change is required by an assembly bill intended to improve public trust in online government services and that the city will also migrate email addresses and third-party accounts.
Lopez said existing links and email addresses will be redirected to new .gov addresses and that the city will provide outreach so residents and partners can update saved links and address books. "As far as the public is concerned, it's very transparent. They'll transition right on over without any hiccups," Lopez said. He told council that the state deadline requires a redirect in place by Jan. 1, 2029, and that the city could maintain redirects indefinitely but that other legacy domains have a small annual cost.
Council asked about the length of redirects and whether the city could display an explanatory notice on redirected pages. Lopez confirmed the city can show a blurb explaining the change and said staff will add banners and notices and may later use automatic email replies to remind correspondents to update their address books. No council action was required; staff will continue the phased migration.
