Another community event needed

Jun 4, 2026
6 hrs ago
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Editor,

Social media can provide a platform for advocates to flex their aspirations to be strong influencers. Unless the postings reach beyond a limited audience, sometimes due to the author’s choice, good messages have limited impact.

(1) comment

joebob91 Jun 4, 2026 10:15am

Actually, the City of San Mateo has already held over a dozen meetings in North Central on parking, costing all taxpayers probably several hundred thousand dollars. At each meeting, a handful of people spoke in favor of adding more, taxpayer financed, on street parking. The vast majority of attendees (and respondents to surveys), preferred that the City not spend millions of dollars to remove safety infrastructure to install more street parking. They urged the City to instead develop a permit parking program to discourage long-term car storage on the street and distribute parking supply equitably across residents. This will discourage certain households from having 5+ cars on the street, to the detriment of their neighbors. Parking permit programs have been successful in the wealthier parts of San Mateo but have not been implemented in less wealthy neighborhoods like North Central.

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