Congress District 15: Kevin Mullin
Congress District 16: Anna Eshoo
Assembly District 21: Diane Papan
Assembly District 23: Marc Berman
San Mateo County supervisor-District 2: Charles Stone
San Mateo County supervisor-District 3: Ray Mueller
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Proposition 1: Amends the California Constitution to expressly include the fundamental right to privacy in personal reproductive decisions. YES
Proposition 26: Allows in-person roulette, dice games and sports wagering on tribal lands and sports wagering at race tracks, while imposing new taxes on profits. NO
Proposition 27: Allows online and mobile sports wagering outside tribal lands for those over 21, while imposing new taxes on profits. NO
Proposition 28: Provides additional funding for arts and music education in public schools by allocating 1% of already required state and local funding. YES
Proposition 29: Requires on-site licensed medical professional at kidney dialysis clinics. NO
Proposition 30: Provides funding for programs to reduce air pollution and prevent wildfires by increasing taxes on personal income over $2 million. NO
Proposition 31: Referendum on 2020 law to prohibit the retail sale of certain flavored tobacco products. YES
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Belmont mayor: Julia Mates
Belmont City Council, District 1: Gina Latimerlo
Foster City Council: Richa Awasthi, Stacy Jimenez
Half Moon Bay City Council, District 4: Debbie Ruddock
Millbrae City Council, District 2: Wayne Lee
Redwood City Council, District 2: Margaret Becker
Redwood City Council, District 6: Diane Howard
San Bruno City Council, District 1: Sandy Alvarez
San Bruno City Council, District 4: Auros Harman
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San Carlos City Council: John Durkin, Sara McDowell, Adam Rak
San Mateo City Council: Sarah Fields, Rod Linhares, Lisa Diaz Nash
South San Francisco City Council, District 1: Mark Addiego
South San Francisco City Council, District 5: Eddie Flores
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San Mateo County Community College District Board of Trustees, Area 2: Mike Guingona
South San Francisco Unified School District Board of Trustees, Area D: Amanda Anthony
Sequoia Union High School District, Area A: Suvarna Bhopale
Sequoia Union High School District, Area D: Sathvik Nori
San Carlos School District, long term: Sarah Cassanego, Ben Kornell, Neil Layton
San Carlos School District, short term: Sarah Kinahan, Tracy Park
San Mateo-Foster City School District, short term: Ken Chin
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District: David Koss, April Northrup, Gopal Ratnam
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Measure AA, authorizes the city of South San Francisco to develop, acquire or construct low-rent housing, up to 1% of the total number of existing units, annually for eight years: YES
Measure BB, limits the terms of the San Bruno City Council and separetely elected mayor to no more than 12 consecutive years: YES
Measure CC, increases the property transfer tax in the city of San Mateo from .5% to 1.5% for sales more than $10 million to raise about $4.8 million: YES
Measure DD, imposes annual $2.50 per square foot tax on parcels 25,000 square feet or larger to raise $55.9 million annually to pay for child care in South San Francisco: NO
Measure K, raises hotel tax in city of Belmont from 12% to 14% to raise about $600,000 a year: YES
Measure N, raises hotel tax in the city of Millbrae from 12% to 14% to generate around $1.5 million per year: YES
Measures P and Z, amends the charter for Redwood City to shorten the term of mayor from two years to one to allow more councilmembers to serve as mayor, and to aligns the city charter with state law:Â YES
Measure T, $436 million bond measure for South San Francisco Unified School District facilities: YES
Measure X, increases business license fees in the city of Burlingame to ranges between $200 and $750 depending on income, and taxes gross receipts for non-storefront marijuana businesses 5% of gross receipts: YES
Measure S, Redwood City School District $298 million bond measure: YES
Measure W, Sequoia Union High School District $591 million bond measure: YES
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Have you checked out Voter's Edge yet to help you make a decision on San Carlos City Council and the many other elections and ballot measures at stake?
30-40% of registered San Carlan voters won't even bother to participate in our Constitutional, Representative Republic (we don't live in a Democracy).
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I would respectfully disagree with the Fields endorsement. There are a couple of members on Council and several on the various commissions that appear to be rooting against San Mateo on various issues facing the city. These representatives seem to prefer that the State hand us mandates versus listening to the residents and working with the State to best meet the needs of our community. Fields seems to fit this line of thinking.
In addition, Rob Newsom was asked by the residents to run, I am unclear on the reasoning for the other two district three candidates, besides their own desire to run in district three.
Regarding the selection of the fourth new Councilmember to replace Councilwoman Papan when she moves up to the State Assembly, it would appear there would be a 2-2 tie and Council Member Lee will be in a similar position Papan when Lee was appointed a couple years ago. Papan could have unilaterally chosen Maureen Freschet’s (supports Rob Newsom) replacement, but Diane showed restraint and made sure the entire Council voted on the appointment. I do not feel Lee can exercise similar restraint and will have no reservation in unilaterally making an appointment of her choosing, completely ignoring the feedback of Rod Linhares and Lisa Diaz Nash.
Fields claims to be for the parks, but at the December 2021 meeting, indicated she would be open to a proximity-based approach over the current standard of 2 acres of park per 1,000 residents. We are roughly in compliance with the current standard, with 200+ acres of park space. This does how ever include the Golf Course and open space at Sugar Loaf. I would question whether these two spaces should be included in the calculation since a lot of the space is not useable. My gut tells me this proximity-based approach is the first step in converting the Golf Course into another use, something the residents have repeatedly been against.
An endorsement of Fields appears to be an endorsement of the status quo and an even further division of our city.
I'm running for "Safer Streets" 1) less crime, and 2) safer pathways to school and work for pedestrians and bicyclists. www.alexkent.org San Carlos City Council candidate forum from last night here:
Alexander E. Kent for San Carlos City Council
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The SM Daily Journal is local and lovable, but biased.
I'd encourage you to follow their endorsements if you LOVE being dictated to by Sacramento and Big Gov't. That means massive overdevelopment and ever-increasing taxes in San Carlos - thanks to the existing City Council, which includes Adam Rak and Sara McDowell trying to get re-elected.
Rak and McDowell just approved another 3,216 housing units for the next 8 year State RHNA cycle, when our last cycle just delivered 596 (5 times more?!).
Rak and McDowell just approved another approx. 1,750,000 square feet of Office developments (9 of 18 Office projects Rak/McDowell approved comprising of 3,500,000 square feet total). 3.5M sf of Office represents approx. 20,000 new employees in San Carlos alone.
How will all those Rak/ McDowell approved housing units and office complexes impact Schools, Safety, Water, Pollution, Congestion, Ruining San Carlos's charm? Vote accordingly!
Alexander E. Kent For San Carlos City Council www.alexkent.org
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