jackiespeierfounda

Greetings to Friends and Colleagues: When I came home three years ago after a decade and one-half in Congress, I thought I knew San Mateo County. But what I found stunned me. We are the fourth richest county in the nation, and yet 10% of our children under five live below the poverty line. That’s 27,000 children in poverty — here, in one of America’s most prosperous regions. Our food banks are serving record numbers — Second Harvest is feeding more than 100,000 residents every month. And...

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Dear Friends and Colleagues, I hope you had a good summer and are enjoying the fall weather! I want to give you a progress report on our new Baby Bonus Pilot program. As you know, despite our reputation for wealth and innovation, San Mateo County faces a stubborn and often overlooked crisis: child poverty. While the number of billionaires in this county has increased, so have the many families living on the edge. Initiated by our work through the Jackie Speier Foundation, alongside many...