By Eli Walsh. Bay City News
San Mateo County has surpassed $250 million in approved COVID-19 pandemic relief, approximately half of which has been used to support delinquent rent and housing payments.
The county said this week it has approved about $259 million in funding since the pandemic began in March 2020 and has spent or allocated about $230 million of that amount.
Almost all of that funding, $197.3 million, came from