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Residents demand services and accountability after council briefing on criminal allegation involving former temp employee
Summary
Council received an informational briefing about felony charges against a former on-call temporary employee and disavowed city involvement in the alleged acts; public speakers and several councilmembers demanded more services for unhoused and LGBTQ+ youth and criticized a councilmember's use of personal letterhead to submit a character reference in the criminal case.
The council devoted a large portion of March 4's meeting to an informational briefing and public outcry over felony charges filed by the San Mateo County District Attorney against a former intermittent on-call temporary employee, and related concern about a councilmember's use of a personal support letter in court filings.
City staff told the council the employee, who had worked intermittently from July 2022 through April 2025 in administrative and outreach roles, was not hired for a youth-serving role, that the city completed fingerprint and DOJ background checks when he was hired and that a subsequent arrest notice arrived in June 2025 after his last assignment. The city…
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