San Mateo County will commit to allocating at least $1 million to fight an epidemic of loneliness, Supervisor David Canepa said in a forum Wednesday on the topic in Redwood City. This is the first financial commitment made by a county official to address loneliness as a public health concern two months after the Board of Supervisors. 'I'm here to announce that the County of San Mateo has committed to Peninsula Family Service $1 million.
The bottom line is we cannot have our nonprofits doing the work if we don't invest in the nonprofits,' Canepa said during the event, hosted by Peninsula Family Service, a nonprofit based in the city of San Mateo. 'We are committed to doing that.