San Mateo County Voters Approve Four Charter Amendments
San Mateo County voters are approving four county charter amendments by wide margins.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 3 min read
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ABC7 lists the same measures in its San Mateo County results.
The San Mateo County Community College District bond, Measure V, had 64.1% yes, above its 55% threshold.
All results are unofficial election-night and early-morning counts as of Wednesday, Nov. 4. Counties keep counting mail and provisional ballots for days, and certification comes later, so margins can shift, especially in close contests.
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Two of San Mateo County's four charter amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot: Measure J doubles the time supervisors have to appoint or call an election for a vacant elected office and requires a public meeting first; Measure AA adds a civil rights statement to the charter preamble.
Measure L asks San Mateo County voters on Nov. 3 to add a paragraph to the County Charter preamble declaring long-term resilience to fire, flood, heat, drought and sea level rise a county priority. It needs a simple majority, has no direct fiscal impact and has no organized support or opposition.
Supervisors passed a resolution directing county planners and lawyers to prepare zoning amendments, up to a countywide ban, for unincorporated San Mateo County.
Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency and created an El Niño task force through March. Officials urge residents to sign up for SMC Alert and prepare now.
