LaurieHietter

Planning commissioners should be unbiased, concise, and respectful to the community. The city council did the right thing.

Thank you, Mr. Mays, for this excellent and timely editorial.

Your understanding is not correct. It was not a resident of Glazenwood doing research. It was a San Mateo resident opposed to historic preservation. The city could not find the Glazenwood documentation. The city council staff reports and records for a period of years could not be located.…

Terence, it is important to note that Baywood residents were not allowed to vote because the developers, construction contractor, mortgage broker, and tech workers hijacked the state's process by going door to door spreading misinformation (you won't be able to change your windows or mode…

Yes, 51% is the standard used in the historic district nomination practice. If contractors, developers, and others had not gone door to door falsely telling residents a historic district designation would result in them not being able to install new windows, update wiring, or install a wh…

The title simply relays the DJ's "perspective."

Similar to this "perspective:"

"The facility would be located at 101 N. El Camino Real in San Mateo, adjacent to the affluent Baywood neighborhood and bordering the city’s downtown district."

Baywood is at least 0.5 miles a…

What a wonderful piece of San Mateo history. It’s such a shame that the current Final Draft of the Historic Preservation Ordinance has no mechanism to address development proposals that are not in the so-called San Mateo Historic Resources Inventory. The inventory only includes the Histor…

Exactly. DJ does not even try to hide their bias. Noelia Corzo buried the project in the consent agenda without giving the community any information. Taso Zografos pushed for meetings to explain the project to the community. Of, course, the DJ missed that aspect.

Terence, please explain the “requisite added costs and regulations,” and when they would apply.

Great column about an early community leader. Love it! Please write more history columns.