San Mateo County Association of Grand Jurors

05/12/2026

Meet Our SMCAGJ 2026 Scholarship Winners! -

04/30/2026

Meet our 2026 scholarship winners! Outstanding students from Mills and Sequoia high schools-

04/01/2026

Letter to the Editor promoting Civil Grand Jury service in San Mateo County.

Editor,

03/27/2026

Yolo county Civil Grand Jury takes on the Esperanto fireworks disaster.

Top Yolo County officials were aware of illegal fireworks operations at the site of the deadly 2025 Esparto explosions for at least three years but “no code enforcement occurred,” according to a civil grand jury’s report.

03/24/2026

The San Mateo Daily Journal runs a Letter to the Editor from board member Colleeen You on why volunteering for the Civil Grand Jury is well worth your time!

Editor,

03/20/2026

APPLY. Are You Passionate About Government? Judge Renee Reyna is Appointed as the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Advisor for 2026-27; Grand Jury Application Process is Open

APPLY. Are You Passionate About Government? Judge Renee Reyna is Appointed as the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury Advisor for 2026-27; Grand Jury Ap

03/18/2026

Strategic civic engagement allows citizens opportunities to affect change and provides an opportunity to ensure their voices matter and are heard. One way to effectively “think globally and act locally” is through service on the San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury.

The civil grand jury is comprised of citizens who volunteer for a term of one year and investigate the effectiveness, efficiency, transparency, and integrity of local government agencies including the county, cities, schools, and special districts. My personal experience serving three terms has been educational, fulfilling, and an investment resulting in findings and constructive recommendations issued by those Grand Juries to shine a light on, and improve, our agencies.

Past grand juries have issued timely and topical reports such as evaluation of how San Mateo County schools responded to the epinephrine auto-injector law, determination of whether our county is at risk of a large measles outbreak, evaluation of unfunded county pension liabilities, and analysis of our emergency alert system.

Those interested in serving on the Civil Grand Jury can visit the Superior Court website athttps://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/grand-jury/civil-grand-jury-application.pdf to view the application for the 2026-2027 term. Applications are accepted all year however those for the next term are due March 30, 2026.

(Thanks to board member Colleen You)

03/18/2026

Letter to the editor: San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury

The civil grand jury is the citizen watchdog over local government efficiency, effectiveness, integrity, and transparency.

03/18/2026

PUBLIC COMMENT. March 2026 Updated 2023-2031 San Mateo County Housing Element Draft is Available for Public Review Until March 19th at 5:00pm

PRESS RELEASE. From San Mateo County on March 11th, 2026. San Mateo County Housing Element 2023-2031; March 2026 Draft. San Mateo County is proposing additional amendments to the adopted 2023-2031 Housing Element of the County General Plan. These amendments are intended to provide additional development capacity to meet the County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation, and to expedite the process of bringing the Housing Element into compliance with State Law....

PUBLIC COMMENT. March 2026 Updated 2023-2031 San Mateo County Housing Element Draft is Available for Public Review Until March 19th at 5:00pm

03/17/2026

This could be a Civil Grad Jury investigation. You can be on the CHJ, apply before March 30.

Incorrect assessments of Genentech property values from over 20 years ago means the major biotechnology company is owed nearly $20 million from San Mateo County and its taxing agencies, according

03/07/2026

Help Recruit New Jurors! -