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What’s at Stake

This funding supports essential local services that residents, businesses, commuters, visitors and families rely on every day. Without this funding and a permanent solution, our communities face real and immediate risk to vital public services.

Bar chart of the FY 2025-26 shortfall of $226 million: County of San Mateo $134.2 million (59 percent), all 20 cities and towns $91.6 million (41 percent).
FY 2025-26 shortfall by recipient, as of July 2026.

Housing and homelessness

  • Nearly 3,000 people could lose shelter access
  • 5,500+ households at risk of losing rental assistance, increasing risk of homelessness

Health and public safety

  • Cuts to mental health care, crisis response and wildfire prevention
  • Fewer nurses, police officers, firefighters and emergency responders

Children and families

  • 7,400 children could lose access to early literacy programs

Core local services

  • Reductions to libraries, parks, and youth and senior programs
  • Delayed road repairs and infrastructure maintenance, causing higher long-term costs