Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Connie Juarez-Diroll, Chief Legislative Officer
Subject: Measure K: Agreement with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Planned Parenthood Mar Monte for the purchase of technology and medical equipment and staff training, for the term June 1, 2024 through June 1, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $394,402, and authorizing the County Executive, or designee, to execute the grant agreement; and
B) Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) appropriating $394,402 from Measure K Reserves to Non-Departmental Services for the second tranche of funding for the County Action Plan to Support Women's Reproductive Freedom and Healthcare Privacy.
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BACKGROUND:
The County of San Mateo was a signatory to an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, and is thereby on record in support of abortion rights as critical to, among other things, achieving racial and economic equality. On May 17, 2022, in anticipation of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, this Board adopted Resolution No. 078875, which affirmed San Mateo County's unwavering support for women's reproductive freedom and healthcare privacy. On June 14, 2022, this Board adopted Resolution No. 078909 that, among other things, accepted the proposed components of the County Action Plan to Support Women's Reproductive Freedom and Healthcare Privacy ("County Action Plan"), and directed the County Executive to grant up to $1,000,000 in Measure K funding to Planned Parenthood Mar Monte for the purchase of technology and medical equipment to be allocated in two tranches to pay for said technology and medical equipment in support of the County Action Plan. The County entered into an agreement with Planned P...
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