News Article by Sierra Lopez / The Daily Journal
Political and environmental leaders came together for a virtual discussion around climate change challenges facing San Mateo County and how each level of governance can play a role in creating solutions.
“Climate change is one of the great challenges of our time, if not the greatest. It affects us all and impacts all that we do,” said Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin, D-South San Francisco, during Wednesday’s remote panel discussion on climate change.
Joining Mullin on the panel was the executive director of the San Francisco Estuary Institute, Warner Chabot; Len Materman, CEO of the San Mateo County Flood and Sea Level Rise Resiliency District; Davina Hurt, Belmont councilmember and member of the California Air Resource Board; and Hilary Papendick, San Mateo County Climate Change and Adaptation Program manager.
Each laid out ways the county will have to address issues like sea level rise, flooding, wildfire and other climate change related risks in the coming decades to help mitigate their effect on hundreds of thousands of residents…