Special Notice / Hearing: 10-day notice __
Vote Required: Four-fifths (4/5)
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Ray Mueller, District 3
Supervisor Noelia Corzo, District 2
Subject: Extension of Urgency Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on New or Expanded Detention and Correctional Facilities
RECOMMENDATION:
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Public hearing to consider adoption of an ordinance to extend an Interim Urgency Ordinance of the County of San Mateo making findings and extending a temporary moratorium on the siting, construction, conversion, and/or operation of new or expanded detention facilities and correctional facilities within the unincorporated area of San Mateo County, to the full extent authorized under State and Federal law:
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Adopt an ordinance to extend the Interim Urgency Ordinance of the County of San Mateo making findings and extending a temporary moratorium on the siting, construction, conversion, and/or operation of new or expanded detention facilities and correctional facilities within the unincorporated area of San Mateo County, to the full extent authorized under State and Federal law.
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BACKGROUND:
The federal government intends to open two detention facilities in the Bay Area, one in unincorporated Santa Clara County (near the City of Gilroy) and one in the City of Dublin. Legal challenges have been successful in delaying progress on both facilities.
In light of these actions by the federal government currently taking place in neighboring counties, it is appropriate for the County to timely develop and consider adopting regulations regarding detention facilities and similar institutional land uses. At its August 11th 2026 meeting, the Board directed staff to prepare an interim urgency ordinance to establish a temporary moratorium on new or expanded detention facilities, and similar institutional land uses, to protect County residents from the imminent harm posed by the unr...
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