Editor,
When I was first asked back in August to join Mitch Speigle on the Yes on T campaign, I had been aware of the General Plan process, had answered the surveys, and received the update mailers, but hadn’t heard much about the battle over San Mateo land use back in the 2020 election.
Like many working parents with school-aged children, my husband and I had spent much of that year embroiled in our own battle — trying to balance working full time while figuring out how to teach our son at home and not lose our minds in isolation. On top of that, I was going through a difficult pregnancy that landed me in the hospital all of October 2020. So my only real reference point for Measure Y was the Daily Journal’s No on Y and No on R endorsement.
After diving deep into land use history, what other cities around us are doing, the adopted General Plan 2040 and Housing Element 2023-31, Measure T felt like a reasonable and measured step forward in land use policy — one that has significant upside potential but no more downside than doing nothing. Traffic, pollution, infrastructure — all of those challenges are here right now and will continue to get worse if we don’t get smarter about how we design for growth.
San Mateo is already committed to growing. How we design for growth is what affects how that growth is felt on the roads.
Please join me in voting yes on Measure T.
Annie Tsai
San Mateo
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Sorry, Ms. Tsai, but Measure T is a flawed bait and switch measure. If folks have voter remorse, they can change their vote in the future as I expect there will be future Measure T “clones” in the near and far future. Meanwhile, I’d recommend folks start voting out the folks who decided to put Measure T on the ballot. Measure T repeals Measure Y so whatever “protections” were given under Measure Y is now taken away. Measure T may create places to live at exactly where they want, and not the most convenient. Vote NO on Measure T.
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