Climate Risks
San Mateo County faces sea level rise, rising temperatures and heatwaves, wildfires and wildfire smoke, flooding, and landslides due to climate change. While the changing climate poses many risks to the people and places in San Mateo County, together we can take steps to adapt and protect our people and our valuable resources.
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Housing and Climate Readiness
The Housing and Climate Readiness Toolkit (PDF) identifies best practices in site design and land use for decision-makers and practitioners. To address San Mateo County’s housing shortage and prepare homes for climate change impacts, practitioners will need to pursue bold actions and closer coordination. This toolkit’s strategies provide examples of options that can be used to tackle these complex challenges and case studies where these strategies have been implemented.
Climate Data for San Mateo County
Click on links below to view maps and download data:
- Extreme Heat
- Groundwater Rise
- Sea Level Rise
- Wildfire Projections
- SMC Hazard Risk Data (2021 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan)
Other relevant databases:
- Drought Monitor
- Flood Zones (FEMA)
- MTC/ABAG Hazard Viewer Map (Landslides, Historic Wildfire Perimeters, Earthquake)
- OneShoreline’s Flood Early Warning System
- Urban Heat Islands
- Wildfire Zones (CALFIRE)
- SMC Social Vulnerability
The Latest News & Events
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Fixit Clinics are fun community-based workshops where neighbors, friends, and families work collectively to learn how to repair broken items. We’ll provide a workspace, specialty tools, and volunteer Fixit Coaches to help you troubleshoot and provide routine maintenance to your household items and appliances! Register at https://bit.ly/itemcheckin.
Interested in being a Fixit Coach?
It’s easy! Provide participants with 1) guidance on tools and 2) encouragement to investigate their broken item. Let them talk about how they used it and how it broke. That often provides valuable hints as to what’s wrong. See how much you can do without actually handling the item. Empower the item’s owner to do the troubleshooting and disassembly. Register to be a Fixit Coach here.
This event is hosted in partnership with the San Mateo County Libraries.