Local News Featured Businesses in San Mateo seeing tax notice increases Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Updated Aug 18, 2022 Residential rentals in San Mateo are seeing an uptick in business license tax notices after the city determined its compliance process was not…
Local News Featured Foster City postponing tax increase Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Jul 7, 2022 Foster City is postponing placing a business license tax increase on the ballot for the upcoming November election, with the city still lookin…
Local News Featured Resistance to business tax emerges Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Jul 1, 2022 Foster City officials are considering business license tax increases on large companies through a November ballot measure, but some businesses…
Local News Foster City budget sound Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Jun 21, 2022 While Foster City expects a small surplus in its 2022-2023 budget thanks to pandemic federal funding, the city faces structural deficits in th…
Local News Belmont plans business license tax changes Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff May 16, 2022 Belmont’s efforts to revamp its business license tax format and hotel tax have received positive City Council input, with city staff now prepa…
Local News Featured Foster City seeks input on business tax increase Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Apr 14, 2022 The Foster City Council is mulling an increase to its business license tax cap through a November election ballot measure, but the city will g…
Local News Featured Foster City exploring business tax hike Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Mar 16, 2022 Foster City is probing potential changes to its business license tax to increase revenue, citing low rates and a need to address anticipated g…
Local News Foster City aims to help food-needy families By Curtis Driscoll Daily Journal staff Nov 9, 2020 The Foster City Council on Monday, Nov. 2, directed city staff to work with Impossible Market on finding a possible agreement on a $5,000 subs…
Local News Losses mount for Redwood City By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff  Apr 15, 2020 Officials are expecting Redwood City this fiscal year to lose $6.1 million in revenue because of the COVID-19 crisis and face a deficit starti…
Local News San Mateo officials grapple with expected deficit By Anna Schuessler Daily Journal staff Mar 22, 2019 Whether to boost San Mateo’s hotel and business license taxes and allow billboards along State Route 92 and Highway 101 were among the questio…