Periods of rain...which will be heavy at times in the morning. Becoming windy in the afternoon. High 58F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 100%. 1 to 2 inches of rain expected. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph..
Windy. Rain showers this evening with clearing late. Low 52F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.
Updated: December 25, 2025 @ 8:57 am
Editor,
I have written emails to the Belmont City Council regarding safety issues due to speeding mountain bikes racing down illegal trails and environmental damage that is taking place in Waterdog Canyon and the Open Space adjoining it. Only Warren Lieberman responded with respect and consideration about these concerns.
His opponent, Julia Mates, has ignored these reports by myself and other residents and has expressed that she does not believe them.
I am voting for Warren Lieberman who listens to his constituents, and is responsive to the residents of Belmont, not outside groups who are endangering the sustainability of this natural treasure we call Waterdog Canyon.
Mimi Iversen
Belmont
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The narrative that Lieberman is the only candidate that listens to constituents on open space, and Mates does not listen is demonstrably false. At the candidates forum, Mates said “I’ve spent a lot of time speaking and communicating with folks who think there are very few issues to be solved at Waterdog Lake, and those who think mountain bikes make the area unsafe…” so she’s the one who listed to community input from both sides. Unlike Lieberman, she has come up with a detailed multi-point compromise plan which includes measures to physically slow down bike traffic and several other policies to enhance safety. Lieberman has no plan. At the candidates forum he only offered platitudes like “it’s important that we consider all the perspectives” and when he said people have safety concerns on the trails, he qualified it by saying “if it’s true.” He questioned whether those concerns were even true- you call that “respect and consideration for their perspectives?” Give me a break.
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