Local News Featured Loan helps Caltrain’s budget: Agency projects a balanced budget with state assistance, still needs long-term solutions By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Updated May 8, 2026 Caltrain seems poised to balance its budget this coming fiscal year due to a one-time state loan, but officials warned leaders that serious se…
Local News Assemblymember offers tacos with tax help at the Martin Luther King Center in San Mateo Daily Journal staff reportUpdated Mar 13, 2026 Assemblymember Diane Papan will be doling out free tacos and tax help for constituents who make under $69,000 per year this Saturday, March 14…
Local News Featured Half Moon Bay’s finances are looking up By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Mar 11, 2026 Half Moon Bay’s financial outlook is slowly but steadily looking up, with revenue for the current fiscal year outperforming expectations and i…
Local News Featured Half Moon Bay’s finances are looking up By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Updated Mar 10, 2026 Half Moon Bay’s financial outlook is slowly but steadily looking up, with revenue for the current fiscal year outperforming expectations and i…
Local News Featured Foster City projects $5.4M surplus By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Jan 26, 2026 In part due to an unexpected state reimbursement, Foster City now projects a $5.4 surplus this fiscal year — which ends in June — despite an e…
Local News Featured San Mateo eyes sales tax By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Jan 20, 2026 The city of San Mateo is exploring a sales tax measure this November, citing long-term structural deficits that could start impeding basic cit…
Local News Featured Foster City sees unexpected surplus By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Nov 21, 2025 Foster City saw an unexpected surplus last fiscal year, a result of more favorable revenue sources — including business license taxes, permit …
Columnists California sees revenue uptick, but not enough to erase its chronic budget deficit By Dan Walters Nov 20, 2025 In the four months since the legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted a new state budget, revenues — primarily from personal income taxes — h…
Local News Featured SamTrans keeping close eye on structural deficit By Alyse DiNapoli, Daily Journal staff Nov 12, 2025 SamTrans is trying to shore up a projected deficit, which has been exacerbated by lower sales tax revenue and an unfavorable economy.Â
