San Mateo County and cities launch coordinated push for a trailer‑bill VLF fix

After city presentations, supervisors described next steps and a timeline to influence the state budget process. Supervisor Spear and others urged cities to contact the governor’s office, legislative leadership, and budget chairs within the next two weeks to seek inclusion of a permanent fix in the trailer bill. "If you make it your priority today and tonight to contact everyone on your address book and ask them to call the governor's office, we need a hurricane," Supervisor Spear said.

County staff described a short window to act before the legislature finalizes the trailer bill and proposed organizing city‑level study sessions, mobilizing school districts, nonprofits and labor, and asking cities' lobbyists to help immediately. Leaders agreed to keep pressure through coordinated outreach and public messaging while preparing contingency budget scenarios if the state does not act.