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This is the official Facebook page for San Mateo County and all content is a public record and may be subject to public disclosure.

Statement of Posting Policy
Terms of Use

Purpose:

The County of San Mateo has decided to use this site/service for the purpose of providing people who live and work in San Mateo County, or others with an interest in the services provided by the County's departments and Board of Supervisors, access to information and a platform with which to interact with the County of San Mateo and County's Manager's Office. The County of San Mateo’s use of this site/service is being done as deemed advisable by that agency, and may decide to change or eliminate its use of this site/service.

Limitations on Use:

It is the intent of the County of San Mateo to create a limited public forum with its use of this site/service for the purpose(s) listed above. As part of the department’s efforts to further these purposes, the comments feature of this site/service is being offered as a limited public forum intended to serve as a mechanism for communication between the public and the department with respect to a person’s right to express his/her opinion and encourages posters to keep comments related to content on this page. With respect to such comments, the department reserves the right to remove inappropriate comments, including those that have obscene language or sexual content, involve ad hominem personal attacks on another user, threaten or defame any person or organization, violate the legal ownership interest of another party, promote illegal activity, promote or solicit commercial services or products, or are not topically related to the particular posting/permitted subject matters. The County of San Mateo believes these restrictions to be reasonably necessary to encourage public participation and foster discussion of the issues for which the forum was created by maintaining a civil discourse and permitting all differing viewpoints on the approved topics.

The County of San Mateo will routinely monitor the comments posted by other users of this site/service, and any comments that are not in line with these restrictions will be removed. To the extent that any user believes the comments of another user are not in line with these purposes and restrictions, they are welcome to notify the County of San Mateo via email to Marshall Wilson, Communications Director, who leads the public affairs, media relations and community outreach programs out of the County Manager's Office at mwilson@ The County of San Mateo will make a determination about the appropriateness of such comments based on its application of these purposes and restrictions, and that determination is final and not subject to outside review. The County of San Mateo intends its application of these purposes and restrictions to be made in a manner that is viewpoint neutral and is consistent over time. The County of San Mateo does not intend for this forum to become a fully-open avenue for public discourse but rather is using this site/service for discussion of a limited nature. Please note as well that any terms of service that this site/service places on user participation still apply to comments made by any user, and this site/service may enforce its own terms of service. To the extent that any user believes a comment has been made in violation of the terms of service of this site/service, that person should contact the site/service rather than contacting the County of San Mateo, as the County of San Mateo has no obligation to enforce the terms of service of this site/service.

Statement Regarding Terms of Use and Privacy:

Use of this site/service is subject to the terms of use of the site/service, including the privacy policies of the site/service, which can be found here: Anyone posting comments or submitting information to the County of San Mateo on this site/service should keep this in mind. In addition, the poster of comments or information to this site/service agrees that his or her comments may be treated by the County of San Mateo as a public record subject to disclosure pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code Section 6250 et seq., regardless of whether such comments actually constitute a public record. Posters are urged to protect their privacy and should consider refraining from posting personally identifying information, including but not limited to: last name, address, age, and phone number. To the extent this site/service is open to the public, the public has access to its content and can access that content without the assistance of the agency or the County of San Mateo.

Responsibility for Content:

Except for information disseminated by the owner/manager of this Facebook page, any information posted or submitted by others expresses the views of the person submitting such information and not necessarily the views of the County or the agency, and neither the County nor the agency is responsible for the opinions and information shared by others.

Disclaimer of Notice:

Communications made through this site/service shall in no way be deemed to constitute legal notice to the County of San Mateo or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents, or representatives with respect to any existing or potential claim or cause of action against the County or any of its agencies, officers, employees, agents, or representatives where notice to the County is required by any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation.

Advertising:

Users of this site/service should understand that contextual advertising as appears on this site/service is byproduct of use of the site/service. The County of San Mateo does not control the site or service’s placement or use of such advertising, and in no way does the use by the County of San Mateo of this site or service constitute any endorsement or support of any such advertisements. Reference in such advertisements or in any user-generated content herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the County of San Mateo, and the agency’s use of this site/service shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

Contact Person:

You may contact the County of San Mateo's social media manager via email at cbigue@ and by phone at 650-464-4479.