San Mateo

Youth Leadership Institute (yli) opened its doors in San Mateo in 1998, just as our collaboration with California Friday Night Live Partnership (CFNLP) — a statewide organization that addresses underage drinking — was taking off.

Since then, San Mateo youth have led major policy campaigns, such as Peninsula Advocates Investigating Debt-Traps (PAID), which worked to cap the number of predatory financial services in the region, and Nutrition Soldiers, which eliminated sugary drinks as the default beverage in fast-food kids’ meals.

In addition to youth programming, yli San Mateo leads and/or participates in a number of key coalitions, including the Coastside Collaborative and the Working Families Alliance. We also helped to launch and lead the Transportation Equity Allied Movement (TEAMC), which was the driver behind Measure W – a countywide tax measure to invest in equitable and environmentally sustainable transportation options – in 2018. We are frequently invited by the City and other partners to offer trainings and workshops on a variety of subjects.

Current Programs

Past Programs

Timeline of Wins in San Mateo

January 23, 2023 · 

Daly City Bay Leaders conduct a survey on the sexual assault culture on their school campus

December 22, 2022 · 

Westmoor High School students stage a walk out to bring attention to sexual assault culture on campus

March 1, 2022 · 

yli launches San Mateo Youth Advocates Program

May 7, 2021 · 

yli joins Half Moon Bay City’s Public Safety Focus Groups on Coastside Mental Health

April 23, 2020 · 

yli joins Half Moon Bay City’s Public Safety Focus Groups on Coastside Mental Health

October 7, 2015 · 

San Mateo City Council Pass Smoke-Free Ordinance in Multi-Unit Housing

August 7, 2015 · 

Daly City and South San Francisco Councils Pass Resolution Supporting Strong Payday Loan Regulations

June 30, 2015 · 

City of Brisbane Amends Smoking Ordinance

May 20, 2015 · 

Burlingame City Council Pass Smoke-Free Ordinance in Multi-Unit Housing

May 8, 2015 · 

Parkway Heights Middle School Improves Packaging and Meals

November 11, 2014 · 

Daly City Council Pass Smoke-Free Ordinance in Multi-Unit Housing

October 20, 2014 · 

San Mateo County Passes Smoke-Free Ordinance in Multi-Unit Housing

August 21, 2014 · 

Daly City Limits Payday Lenders in City Limits

May 14, 2014 · 

South San Francisco Passes Anti-Payday Lending Ordinance

February 20, 2014 · 

Daly City Passes Social Host Ordinance

November 19, 2013 · 

Redwood City Passes TRACE Ordinance

June 13, 2011 · 

Pacifica Passes Social Host Ordinance

August 29, 2010 · 

Menlo Park Adopts Social Host Ordinance to Reduce Alcohol Access

June 18, 2010 · 

Menlo Park Adopts Tobacco Retail License

May 18, 2009 · 

Redwood City Passes Smoke-Free Parks Ordinance

March 2, 2009 · 

Resolution for Smoke-Free Special Events and Activities in Foster City Parks Passes

January 9, 2009 · 

Belmont Adopts Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Ordinance

April 30, 2008 · 

Pacifica Passes Strongest Tobacco Sales Standards in County

February 17, 2008 · 

College of San Mateo Smoke-Free

May 30, 2007 · 

Pacific Coast Farmer’s Market Association Adopts Smoke-Free Policy

August 30, 2006 · 

Skyline College Adopts Smoke-Free Policy

May 29, 2006 · 

Redwood Council Adopts Smoke-Free Hollywood Resolution

May 29, 2006 · 

Daly City Council Adopts Smoke-Free Hollywood Resolution

May 29, 2006 · 

Pacifica City Council Adopts Smoke-Free Hollywood Resolution

May 15, 2006 · 

Belmont City Council Adopts Smoke-Free Hollywood Resolution

September 30, 2003 · 

San Mateo Resolution to Enforce Tobacco Access Laws

September 5, 1998 · 

San Mateo Office Opens