HLC Housing Agenda Blog

San Mateo County Sub-Regional Housing Need Wins Samceda Award

Congratulations to the winners of several Samceda awards of excellence today, particularly to the Sub-Regional Housing Needs Allocation process! Duane Bay, San Mateo County Housing Director, and Rich Napier, executive director of the City/County Association of Governments, accepted on behalf of all 20 cities plus the County who participated in the “sub-region.”

Also today, John Conover was honored as a finalist for Samceda’s David D. Bohannon Award for Excellence. John is the President and CEO of Borel Private Bank & Trust Co., and is the chair of the Housing Endowment And Regional Trust’s fundraising campaign, “Opening Doors in Our Community.”

John was selected as a finalist for his efforts to invite investments in and philanthropic contributions to HEART from the business community, and for leading the effort to create a homebuyer loan program. Congratulations go to Andy Ball, CEO of <a href=”http://www.webcor.com” target=”_blank”>Webcor Builders, who was chosen as this year’s Bohannon Award winner.