Supervisor Ray Mueller speaks during a San Mateo County Board of Supervisors meeting. Mueller introduced a $2 million initiative to subsidize wages for entry-level workers and help recent graduates secure jobs. (Framegrab via County of San Mateo)

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an initiative on Tuesday aimed at helping entry-level workers secure jobs by subsidizing their wages. 

The Workforce Entry and Economic Growth Initiative, introduced by District 3 Supervisor Ray Mueller, will allocate $2 million to create an estimated 200 new positions at small and medium-sized companies. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.