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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office will operate from a new headquarters in downtown Redwood City starting next Monday.
Ten divisions of the Sheriff's Office will move to a five-story building at 330 Bradford St. that was formerly the Old Maguire Jail across from the Sheriff's Office's current headquarters at the Hall of Justice, where it has been located for more than 60 years old, according to a county spokesperson.
The county approved a $35 million conversion of 53,000 square feet of detention space for office use after the jail was relocated when the Maple Street Correctional Center was completed in 2016.
The Arrillaga Foundation and the late John Arrillaga Sr., a Silicon Valley real estate developer who died in 2022, also provided funding. The building is named after Arrillaga.
The facility includes an executive conference room dedicated to the memory of the late San Mateo County Supervisor and Sheriff Don Horsley, who died in November.
The building will provide improved communication, coordination and efficiency for the Sheriff's Office, as well as allowing greater access to the public, according to a county budget report on the project. The building was also designed to maximize energy efficiency.
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said that as the Sheriff's Office's mission evolves, so must its facilities.
“Serving as the heart of our community-facing services, this modernized facility brings our main public-facing offices under one roof, offers amenities that prioritize the well-being of our employees and much more. We welcome San Mateo County to our new headquarters, and we look forward to serving the community from this location for the next 60 years and beyond,” Corpus said.
The building will house the Civil Office, Corrections Administrative Classification Unit, Investigations Office, Prosecutor's Office, Headquarters Patrol Office, Professional Standards Office, Property and Evidence Office, Records Office, the Sheriff's Administration and the Office of Technical Services.
The move of the Hall of Justice will free up 40,000 square feet of office space for other county government uses.
An opening ceremony will be held in the coming months.
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