Recommendation R3
By June 30, 2027, SMCSD should develop an anonymous complaint process that can be adopted by participating jurisdictions.
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San Mateo County Sustainability Department
Agency plans to implementWill be implemented in the future. SMCSD will coordinate a standardized receiving, routing, investigating and documenting process by June 30, 2027; each jurisdiction controls its adoption decision/timing, and SMCSD will track adoption.
Read official response · PDF page 3The future development commitment has an explicit date and scope. It does not promise every jurisdiction will adopt by that date, and the response does not claim the new process already exists. Ongoing adoption tracking has no separate completion deadline.
- Coordinate with participating jurisdictions to develop a standardized anonymous complaint process. Owner: San Mateo County Sustainability Department. Timing: 2027-06-30.
- Continue documenting which jurisdictions adopt the standard process or a jurisdiction-specific process. Owner: San Mateo County Sustainability Department. Timing: Not specified.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.