Government watch

"She has a long history of making a difference in East Palo Alto and this state. ... She is dedicated to the improvement of youth, students and her community — and an inspiration to me personally,” Ruskin said.

McNair-Nox and other honorees will be celebrated March 8 at a ceremony on the Assembly floor.

County government

• The San Mateo County Charter Review Committee will meet at various locations across the county over the next three months. The meetings are open to the public and offer the committee the opportunity to look at what is essentially the county’s constitution. Any recommended changes will come back to the Board of Supervisors for amendments to be submitted to county voters. Video recordings of each meeting will be posted on the Charter Review Committee’s Web site:  http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/CharterReviewCommittee.

All meetings run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The next is Wednesday, March 10 at Cunha Intermediate School in Half Moon Bay. The others are March 23 at Serramonte Main Library Community Room, 40 Wembley Drive, Daly City;  April 7 at San Mateo Main Library, Oak Room, 55 W. Third Ave., San Mateo; April 21 at Menlo Park City Council Chambers, 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park; May 5 at the South San Francisco Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco; May 19 at 455 County Center, Room 101, Redwood City;  June 2 at 455 County Center, Room 101, Redwood City;  June 16 at 455 County Center, Room 101, Redwood City; June 30 at 455 County Center, Room 101, Redwood City.

City government

• The Utilities Committee of the Redwood City Council will discuss sanitary sewer overflows and follow up on questions about storm water fees as a property assessment.

The committee meets 12:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at the Public Works Services Department, 1400 Broadway, Redwood City.

• The Redwood City Council will hear a presentation by Finance Director Brian Ponty about the estimated impacts of a citywide 8 percent expenditure reduction, a summary of revenue options and a recap of earlier projections. The council will also adopt dates for council action on the budget, which are: Budget sent to council June 3; study sessions on June 21, 28 and 30; and budget adoption and public hearing July 12.

The City Council meets 7 p.m. Monday, March 8 at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City.

• The South San Francisco City Council will revise its regulation for carrying firearms. Currently, the city’s resolution has more stringent rules than the state. California allows a person to carry a firearm in public if it is unloaded. The state considers a weapon to be loaded only when a shell or cartridge has been placed into a position from which it can be fired. South San Francisco defines a gun as unloaded "with the breech or magazine open, or the main parts of the weapon broken down and separated.” The city rule is more stringent than the state rule and will be changed to match the state.

The council meets 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 at the Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive in South San Francisco.