What’s Going on in the Millbrae Market?

It’s time for an update on the real estate markets around the mid-Peninsula.  Let’s start off today with Millbrae, 94030.  There were 39 homes on the market last week. The average time on the market was 53 days, which believe it or not, is an improvement from previous weeks.  The median price for was $1,248,000…Read More »

Who Owns The Tree in Your Front Yard? You or the City and Why Does It Matter? – Burlingame, CA

Who owns that tree in front of your house? You know, the one between the sidewalk and the street. The one with beautiful shade in the summer. The one pushing up the sidewalk in front of your house. Do you own it or does the city? After all, didn’t the city originally plant the tree years ago? Guess what! It doesn’t matter. It’s your problem and if the city decides that the sidewalk in front of your house is a trip zone, be prepared for the bill from the city to replace the sidewalk. And, when the bill comes. Pay it or it will go onto your tax bill next year.

Millbrae Market Update

Not a day goes by without someone stopping me and asking, “What’ going on with the real estate market in San Mateo County?” We get this question because the press is doing a good job of yelling at us “Chicken Little, the sky’s falling in!” and that the housing market is in a slump around…Read More »

What’s going on with 101 In San Mateo, California?

If you happen to travel on 101 between 3rd Avenue in San Mateo and Millbrae lately, you have been caught up in the huge traffic jams that take place daily now that all of the lanes of the highway have been reduced in order to begin work on building auxilary lanes for traffic. We will…Read More »

The Late Lou Papan, Former Millbrae, CA Assemblyman

Lou Papan

I first met Lou Papan in the beginning of his first term as the Assemblyman from north San Mateo County. I met him at the studios at the College of San Mateo’s KCSM-TV where I hosted a weekly public affairs television show. I used to interview all of the elected officials for San Mateo County regularly. He was one of the more colorful men to sit across from me

Recall the San Mateo Union High School District Board

The story goes that the $144 million bond voted in by the citizens of the district to remodel the six high school campuses several years ago wasn’t enough money. Cost over runs, you know, changes, screw ups, the usual thing where no one was really watching. So the district decided to take out loans to cover the over runs expecting to pay the loans back with developer fees, as well as other fees that float into the county annually.