Horizon Recovery Center — Mahler Road
Description
The County is acquiring the former sobering station site on Mahler Road and structuring a lease-to-purchase with Horizon for a 69-bed sobering, detox, and residential treatment facility. Because of intergovernmental immunity, Burlingame's zoning doesn't apply — the county took public comment here and acted at the Board of Supervisors the next morning.
Impact summary
Adds badly needed countywide treatment capacity, but hoteliers and some residents worry about safety, sea level rise exposure, and effects on the Bayshore business corridor.
Applicant
- Name
- San Mateo County / Horizon Treatment Services
- Address
- Mahler Road, Burlingame, California
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 12
- Total mentions
- 1
Last discussed Jul 6, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (1)
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